My DDS-3 tape drive gave up on me. Won't load tapes anymore. Until I can afford to go buy a workable replacement tape drive I thought I could always do the backup to a disc file rather than sending the store to the tape drive (LDEV7). Be careful what you wish for -- you might just get it. My partial backup (to the DDS-3 tape drive) which normally was done in about 10 minutes took over two HOURS(!) doing the :STORE to a disc file! The :VSTORE took even longer than the :STORE did. <Groan> Can anyone tell me why this backup method takes so long? TIA, Brian Donaldson. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *