15 May
2007
15 May
'07
7:34 p.m.
At 1:07 PM -0500 5/15/07, Jim Leonard wrote:
Anyway, I'm happy to see that, although seeming to
need a cleaning
tape every 4 loads or so, they function as expected :-)
That's not normal, are you in a very dirty environment, or using
tapes that are in bad condition?
I've been told by one of their FE's that leaving a tape unloaded in
the drive might be a good idea to help keep dirt out of an external
drive.
Zane
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