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External drive has no lights showing
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DDS : Problem with tape/media
What is the state of the drive?
Tape ejected immediately
Unable to format media
Tape appears "write protected" and cannot be written to
Drive won't accept tapes including cleaning tape
Tape jammed in drive
Stuck tape
Stuck magazine
Snapped tape
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DDS : Problem writing to, or reading
media
What is the state of the drive?
Amber cleaning light is on (Solid)
Amber cleaning light is flashing
Cleaned drive, but the cleaning light comes back on
Won't write to media - media appears write protected
Unable to read pre written media from same drive written some time ago
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Installing the Tape Drive
DLT : At power on, all the left/right side
lights continually flash.
This is a hardware failure with the drive. Try resetting the power. If this fails then
contact HP
Troubleshooting, Tape Drive
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