If you're willing to break the one side of the plastic retaining wall of
the tape, box cutters are faster.
Still applicable with DLT tape, as a quick destruction method. (While
imperfect, it still inhibits speed of reconstruction, if timeliness is
more the issue.)
Tracy Johnson
Office 1-757-766-4318
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bahrs, Art
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] DLT80 drive from Autoloader
>
> Pull Eddie! Pull Eddie! Pull!
>
> Art "Couldn't resist Yet Again! Hehehe Bahrs"
>
> P.S. - Once in a Past Life I did remove a lot of tape (1/2
> inch variety) from a internal drive by cutting the tape with
> an "XACTO" *nife and using tweezers to pull the tape out as I
> cut it loose... needless to say it took me a couple of hours
> and cost the 'igiot' who caused it... a bottle of my favorite Scotch!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eddie Hopper
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:12 PM
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> Subject: DLT80 drive from Autoloader
>
> Lots of recent fun with our backup drives. I'm down to one
> last problem, I
> hope. I had what appeared to be a tape cartridge stuck in
> the DLT drive. It
> would not unload, nor would the rewind work. So I found the
> answers to
> remove the physical drive and manually eject the cartridge.
> Which is when I
> noticed that the tape was not in the cartridge, but still on
> the DLT reel. Now
> I'm looking for info on how to remove all that tape.
>
> All knowledgeable and/or amusing answers are welcome.
> eddie
>
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