Caring for Your Tape Drive
Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges
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Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges
To insert a tape cartridge into your drive:
1
Hold the tape cartridge with the metal base plate down and the tape window
facing the drive, as shown in figure 4.1.
Figure 4.1 Inserting a tape cartridge
2
Align the tape cartridge with the tape drive’s opening and push it firmly
into the drive. You will feel it click into place.
After the cartridge is inserted, you will hear the sound of the tape being
wound back and forth. This sound indicates that the tape drive is finding
the beginning of the tape, determining the tape’s length and format, and
positioning the drive’s read-write head.
Metal base plate
