USING A HP SURESTORE TAPE 2000i ON WIN XP PRO

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I HAVE RECENTLY INSTALLED A HP SURESTORE TAPE 2000 2GB/4GB ON MY SYSTEM I AM USING A ADAPTEC AHA-2930U SCSI CARD I HAVE FOUND THAT THE SYSTEM (WINDOWS XP PRO ) DOES DETECT THE TAPE DRIVE (ON DEVICE MANAGER) AND THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO DO A BACKUP OF MY SYSTEM WITH BRAND NEW TAPES THIS SEEMED TO GO FINE (IT TOOK 12 HOURS FOR 9GB)( ON 5 TAPES ) BUT NOW THAT I HAVE RECEIVED MORE TAPES SECOND HAND IT LETS ME USE THE FIRST TAPE THEN IT STOPS AND WONT FORMAT THE NEXT TAPE SO THAT THE BACK UP CAN CONTINUE , I AM NEW TO DOING TAPE BACKUPS ,SO ANY HELP WOULD BE VERY WELCOME, I CANT AFFORD A AUTOLOADER AS THIS IS FOR MY HOME SYSTEM. I HAVE TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT BACKUP PROGRAMS BUT THEY CANT FIND THE TAPE DRIVE ,SO THEY AINT MUCH HELP.IAM USING A AMD XP2400+ AN 1GB RAM AS I SAID I AM USING WINDOWS XP PRO . SO ANY HELP VERY WELCOME . THANK YOU IN ADVANCE