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Erase LTO tape to new condition

  • November 23, 2004 at 3:06 pm

    #109942

    We've found that we have certain problems when using new unformatted tapes. Unfortunately I've written stuff to all of our tapes during the testing process and no longer have any to test with. Is there a method to restore an LTO tape back to 'in the box' condition? Would a bulk-eraser work on these tapes or would that destroy them?

  • November 26, 2004 at 8:00 am

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  • November 29, 2004 at 8:10 am

    #531740

    Even degaussing the tape won't return it to it's 'new out of the box' state. If you really need a 'new out of the box' tape, you'll have to buy a new one.

    -SQLBill

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