Do you have a cleaning tape? have you cleaned them the magic number of 
times in succession, I think its three, but it might be five. Are the 
tapes old?


In message <000301cdfbf8$052b08e0$0f811aa0$@net>, Wyell Grunwald 
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>Thanks for responses !
>
>Doing a regular store, I get the same error on both drives:
>
>{#S2} [/SYS/INSTALL] STORE @[log in to unmask];*T;SHOW;PROGRESS=1
>STORE/RESTORE VERSION   C.60.25 (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
>
>STORE  @[log in to unmask];*T;SHOW;PROGRESS=1
>
>SAT, JAN 26, 2013,  1:44 PM
>
>
>FILENAME GROUP    ACCOUNT  VOLUME RESTRICTIONS            SECTORS CODE
>MEDIA
>STORE ENCOUNTERED MEDIA WRITE ERROR ON LDEV 524  (S/R 1454)
>SPECIFICALLY, STORE RECEIVED ERROR -44 FROM THE IO SYSTEM (S/R 1557)
>
>I did re-seat the SCSI cables, as suggested by many.  I don't think it is
>SCSI related because the drives are acting strangely.
>
>I think they have not been used in so long, and are so old, they need to be
>replaced.
>
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