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Tape Problems?

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Wiseguy2001

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Hi guys,

What is the terminology used to describe a tape that has been used in only one drive for a long time frame and is only readable by that same drive?

I'm suffering a memory blank. lol
 
worm media? write once read many ? this is mainly for LTO 3 media tho. Not sure if it is avail for DDS or DLT.

BUt even then you would be able to read the media in any drive.

It might be a problem with the media I would think if it only lets you read it in one drive.
 
Sounds like the tape drive's head is out of allignment. This problem happened quite frequently with floppy drives. The heads were out of alignment just enough that any media formatted on that drive would read fine on that drive but not on any other drive of the same type.
 
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