Write-protecting cartridges, Cleaning cartridges – HP StoreEver DAT Tape Drives User Manual
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Write-protecting cartridges
If you want to protect the data on a cartridge from being altered or overwritten, you can write-protect the
cartridge.
Always remove the cartridge from the tape drive before you change the write protection.
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To write-protect a cartridge, slide the tab on the rear of the cartridge so that the recognition
hole is open.
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To write-enable a cartridge, slide the tab back so that the hole is closed.
Write-protection will not protect your cartridges against magnets (or bulk erasers).
1. tab closed, cartridge write-enabled
2. tab open, cartridge write-protected
Figure 24 Write protecting a cartridge
Cleaning cartridges
HP recommends weekly cleaning of the tape drive using an HP cleaning cartridge. There are two types
of cleaning cartridges; you must use a DAT 160 cleaning cartridge with DAT 160 tape drives, see
Table 6
on page 49.
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Use the correct media