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Inserting a cartridge
Note: The data cartridge cannot be inserted upside down or backwards.
To insert a cartridge into the drive dock, place the cartridge into the drive dock
opening through the protective door and slowly push it until it seats firmly in the
drive dock. The cartridge makes a clicking sound when it is seated. The LED on
the drive flashes while the operating system accesses the drive.
Ejecting a cartridge
You can use any of the following methods to eject a cartridge:
v
When using a third party backup application, you may have to eject the
cartridge through the backup application. A number of backup applications lock
the cartridge and keep it locked even after a backup or restore task has been
completed. For further details on how to eject the RDX cartridge within the
application, see the backup application documentation.
v Press the eject button on the drive (see Figure 10 on page 13) for at least 0.5
second.
Note:
Installation of the utility software is required for ejecting a cartridge.
v Use the RDX software application. For example, in Windows, complete the
following steps:
1. Locate the drive letter for the device in Windows Explorer.
2. Right-click the icon and select Eject .
3. After the cartridge is ejected, pull the cartridge out of the drive dock.
Note: Install the RDX utility software before using the RDX drive. If the utility
is not installed, the cartridge may fail to be ejected.
v
Use the manual-ejection hole (see Figure 10 on page 13) to eject the cartridge in
case of a power loss or when the other methods of cartridge ejection fail.
Write-protect
tab
Keyed
corner
Figure 9. Inserting a cartridge
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