HP Surestore DLT 80 Tape Drive - Manual (Page 48)

Care of the Drive and Tape Cartridges
Taking Care of Data Cartridges
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Figure 4.1 Write-protecting a cartridge
To write-protect a cartridge:
Slide the switch at the back of the cartridge to the left so that the orange
indicator shows on the switch.
When the cartridge is loaded in the drive, the orange “Write Protect” light
on the front of the drive will be lit.
To remove write-protection from a cartridge:
Slide the switch to the right so that the orange indicator is hidden.
When the cartridge is loaded in the drive, the “Write Protect” light will be
off.
Taking Care of Data Cartridges
Caution Using a damaged cartridge could put your data at risk and will damage
the drive.
Inserting a faulty cartridge into a drive will damage the tape drive. All
faulty cartridges should be destroyed and must not be inserted into any
other drive.
To allow writing, slide
the switch to the right. To write-protect the
cartridge, slide the switch to
the left so that the orange
indicator shows.
Write-protect switch
Orange indicator
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