alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor) (04/10/90)
I have an external Tape Backup unit that takes DC2000 tape cartridges.
I've recently run into a problem with it when formatting tapes. (I'm using
QicStream Ver 1.4 software). When rewinding tapes to the beginning to start
formatting, the tape winds off the reel and I get a Format Failure error.
I took one of the broken tapes apart, and I can't see any physical Begining of
Tape marker. Does anyone who is familiar with these tapes and the drives that
use them, know if this is likely to be a tape failure, or a drive failure? Are
these tapes supposed to have a visible BOT marker?
This has happened 3 times, from 2 different boxes of tapes (3M tapes, from the
same supplier, but supplied over a period of months). Given the cost of the
tapes (about #15 or $25) I'm not too keen to keep trying until I get this to
work.
I want to know who I should shout at to get this fixed!
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