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HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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options and settings and then formats the tape. You can run it from the context menu, from the LTFS
Tools tab in the drive properties, or from the HP StoreOpen Standalone program group.

CAUTION:

Read all the text on the wizard dialog windows carefully. Completing this wizard

will irretrievably destroy all tape contents.

NOTE:

If you execute the FormatWizard while no LTFS volume is mapped to a drive letter, the

wizard may require administrative privileges (depending on system security policies and settings).
Running with insufficient privileges will result in an inability to “see” the tape drive and consequently
no formatting can be performed. If this occurs, right-click on the executable and select Run as
administrator.

1.

The initial screen presents information about the operation that has been started.

2.

The next window allows you to select a tape drive and related options.

The first drive on the system (or the one being used by the mounted file system, if any) will be
selected by default; change the selection to use a different tape drive.

NOTE:

Only drives suitable for use with LTFS are shown in the list.

Using the FormatWizard

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