Hi,

In theory, if you try to re-use a tape that STORE marked as "bad", it
should recognize the "TAPE IS BAD" text at the start of the tape, and do a
console request to let you know the situation and ask if you want to use
the tape anyway.

In practice?  No idea :)


On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 2:50 PM John Sommer <[log in to unmask]>
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>  Hi Tracy,
> It marked the 1st tape as "bad", so I cleaned the tape drive and tried
> again.It marked that brand new tape as "bad" too.
> (sigh)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thu, Nov 25, 2021 11:30 am
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] DDS2
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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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