Quantum A-Series User Manual

Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch

Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide

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Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch

Each data cartridge has a write-protect switch that you can use to prevent 

accidental erasure of data. Before inserting the data cartridge into the tape 

drive, position the write-protect switch on the front of the data cartridge 

) according to the type of operations you expect to perform.

Figure 19  Write-Protect Switch 
on Super DLTtape II Data 
Cartridge

• Slide the write-protect switch to the left to enable write protection 

(you can read existing data; however, you cannot write over existing 

data on the media, nor append additional data to the media). When 

you move the write-protect switch to the left, a small orange 

rectangle is visible. This is your visual reminder that you cannot 

write data to the media.