I am not as sophisticated as you, I have an old pillow case and a dead chicken which we swing around three times...
Just kidding, I too have cleaned a tape drive multiple times, generally while saying some incantation under my breath.
And I also, but really just to test, would put [log in to unmask] as a test. :-)
-Craig
On Thursday, May 9, 2019, 3:17:25 AM PDT, Alan Yeo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
On 09/05/2019 05:45, Mark Ranft wrote:
I was told by a trusted CE friend that cleaning a drive three times is
sometimes necessary to get it working again. I don't know the science
behind it, but that process did seem to save my behind more than once.
>
> After cleaning, do a small test backup
likewise, 3 does seem the magic number, and it has also saved me many
times, likewise doing a small store afterwards to the real tape you are
going to use next.
alan
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