Quantum Audio A-Series Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 3  Using Your Tape Drive

A-Series Data Cartridges

Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide

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Figure 6  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.

• Slide the write-protect switch to the right to disable write protection 

(you can write over existing data on the media, and you can append 

additional data to the media unless the data cartridge is write-

protected via firmware). When write-protection is disabled, no 

orange rectangle is visible.

The Super DLTtape II data cartridge has a keying feature to 

ensure you cannot load it into a previous generation DLT tape 

drive.