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November 2021, Week 4

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Re: DDS2
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:30:21 -0500
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I hate when that happens.  I keep a spare drive.

Sometimes a cleaning tape will cure it.  You have to be willing to 
sacrifice another tape to find out.

In those case I also run the cleaning tape 3 times in a row.

On 11/25/21 12:05 PM, John Sommer wrote:
> All,
> A HP3000's DDS-2 DAT tape drive failed this morning.It marked two brand new DAT tapes as "bad", even though they are really not bad.I just unwrapped them this morning, put them in the tape drive, and they were rejected.It is the tape drive that is at fault and not the tapes.
> Is there a way "unmark" those tapes and return them to service?
> Also:  Any idea where I can buy a replacement internal HP DAT tape drive?
> -John
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Tracy Johnson
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