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To unload a cartridge from your DLT-VS80, follow these steps:
1. Press the Unload button or use your backup software to unload the cartridge. The Ready
LED blinks while the drive rewinds the tape.
2. When the drive has rewound the tape, it unloads the cartridge.
Figure 3-3: Unloading a DLTtape™IV Cartridge
3. Remove the cartridge from the drive.
4. Return the cartridge to its storage case to prolong cartridge life.
3.3.3 Cartridge Write-Protect Switch
All DLTtape™IV cartridges have a write-protect switch to prevent accidental erasure of data.
Before loading a DLTtape™IV cartridge into your DLT-VS80, make sure the write-protect
switch on the front of the cartridge is positioned as desired.
Figure 3-4: DLTtape™IV Cartridge Write-Protect Switch
Slide the switch
to the left
to write-protect the cartridge. A small orange rectangle is visible,
indicating that the cartridge is write-protected.
Slide the switch
to the right
to allow your DLT-VS80 to write data to the cartridge.
Write
Protected
Write
Enabled
Write-Protect
Switch
Indicator
