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| 48560 | 2002-05-13 00:47:00 | I have recently inherited the above drive but am having trouble getting it to work/reformatting the tape as requested by the programme. Halfway through I get an error message OB -09-01-02-0024. Can anyone please tell me what this means? | Guest (0) | ||
| 48561 | 2002-05-13 05:32:00 | I don't know what the error is, but these 1/4' tapes are not really worth bothering with. They're so slow, and there is about a 25-50% of being able to get a file back off them. The idea was fine, but it pushes the recording density too high. 1/2' reel to reel tapes on minis and mainframes use 1600 bpi. The drives cost from $18k-$100k, and they were reliable. These QIC tapes use something like 18000 bpi. The drives cost under $250. Work out the implications. About all you can do is clean the head (gently --- isopropyl alcohol, and cotton bud). If a tape won't format after that, you could try another tape (expensive), and the head might be worn out anyway. For the price of enough tapes to do a rotating backup, you could buy a CD-RW drive. And that should give you trustworthy backup. |
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| 48562 | 2002-05-13 05:34:00 | I don't know what the error is, but these 1/4' tapes are not really worth bothering with. They're so slow, and there is about a 25-50% of being able to get a file back off them. The idea was fine, but it pushes the recording density too high. 1/2' reel to reel tapes on minis and mainframes use 1600 bpi. The drives cost from $18k-$100k, and they were reliable. These QIC tapes use something like 18000 bpi. The drives cost under $250. Work out the implications. About all you can do is clean the head (gently --- isopropyl alcohol, and cotton bud). If a tape won't format after that, you could try another tape (expensive), and the head might be worn out anyway. For the price of enough tapes to do a rotating backup, you could buy a CD-RW drive. And that should give you trustworthy backup. |
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