Quantum Audio DAT72 Manuale Utente
Operating Your Tape Drive
Unloading a Cartridge
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Unloading a Cartridge
To unload a cartridge:
1.
Be sure the Drive LED is OFF.
CAUTION: To ensure integrity of your backups and restores, do not press the Eject button
when the Drive LED is ON.
2.
Press the Eject button on the front panel of the drive to unload the cartridge (see Figure 14 on
page 43). The drive automatically flushes the drive buffer to tape, rewinds the cartridge,
updates the system log, and ejects the cartridge. This may take up to three minutes. Do not
power-down the tape drive or host computer during this time.
page 43). The drive automatically flushes the drive buffer to tape, rewinds the cartridge,
updates the system log, and ejects the cartridge. This may take up to three minutes. Do not
power-down the tape drive or host computer during this time.
NOTE: The backup software may issue a command to the drive that prevents the Eject
button from ejecting the tape. If the tape does not eject, try ejecting it using your backup
software commands.
FIGURE 14.
Eject Button on Front Panel of Drive