HP Storage StoreOpen Standalone for Microsoft Windows User Guide

There are several points to note here:
• The volume type is shown as a “RAM Disk”. This results from the way that the LTFS volume is
linked into the operating system, and has no impact on operation.
• The “Total size” and “Space free” figures appear slightly lower than expected; this is due to
the way that Windows calculates and report capacities in binary GB (2
30
bytes) and TB (2
40
bytes) instead of decimal GB (10
9
bytes) and TB (10
12
) bytes. Note too that these are worst-case
figures; if the volume is employing the drive’s default lossless hardware data compression,
then the actual capacity available may be significantly greater than that shown.
Right-click on the drive icon to display a menu with two LTFS-specific operations:
• Format LTFS volume... — run the FormatWizard utility, which guides you through the steps
and options of creating a fresh volume on the current cartridge. More information is given in
“Using the FormatWizard” (page 14).
• Eject LTFS volume — physically eject the LTFS volume from the tape drive. The file system will
continue to run, but attempting to access the volume while no cartridge is present will result
in the error message “The device is not ready”. When a formatted LTFS cartridge is loaded
into the drive, the index will be read and checked, and then the volume may again be
accessed.
In addition to these two menu options, there are a number of LTFS-specific additions to the
“Properties” of the volume as illustrated in the following screenshots:
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