HP C5644A - SureStore Travan T4i Tape Drive, User Manual

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Caring for Your Tape Drive
Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges
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Figure 4.2 Travan TR-4 or Colorado 5 GB cartridge
Figure 4.3 QIC-Wide mini-cartridge
Caution Interfering with a tape cartridge during operations can cause data loss and may make
the tape temporarily unrecordable. During read-write operations (while the operation
light on the front panel is flashing), do not:
Pull the tape cartridge out of the drive
Bump the tape cartridge
Turn off the power to the computer
If this does happen, you may not be able to read the data currently written to the tape.
In addition, the tape may not be recordable until it is erased with an Erase utility.
To remove a tape cartridge from the drive:
1 Wait until the operation light on the front of your tape drive stops blinking and your
backup software indicates that it is all right to remove the tape cartridge. Do not
remove a tape cartridge during an operation. See the Caution above.
2 Grasp the tape cartridge firmly and pull it straight out of the drive.
Approximately 25 mm
(1 inch) of the cartridge
extends out of the drive
when fully inserted.
The wider Travan TR-4
or Colorado 5 GB
mini-cartridge spans the
entire width of the
drive’s opening.
Approximately 20 mm
(¾ inch) of the cartridge
extends out of the drive
when fully inserted.
The QIC-Wide
mini-cartridge is
narrower, leaving gaps
on each side when
inserted.