Quantum DAT 160 Betriebsanweisung

Chapter 4  Operating Your Tape Drive

Write-Protecting a DAT Cartridge

Quantum DAT 160 User’s Guide

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Write-Protecting a DAT Cartridge

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Write-protecting a DAT cartridge protects the data on the cartridge from 

being changed, overwritten, or deleted. To write-protect a cartridge, slide 

the write-protect tab on the front of the cartridge to the open position (see 

). To write-enable the cartridge, slide the write-protect tab so the 

hole is closed (see 

Figure 23  Write-protecting 
a DAT Cartridge

Write-protecting a cartridge does not protect the data on 

the cartridge from bulk-erasure or degaussing. Do not 

bulk erase DAT cartridges; otherwise, you will lose all of 

your data on the cartridge and your data will not be 

recoverable.

Write enabled

Write protected