Using Tapes And Caring For Your Drive; Choosing Tapes For Your Tape Drive - HP Colorado 5GB Installation Manual

Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive

C4429A (one pack)
C4429B (two pack)
C4429D (five pack)
*Compressed capacity will vary. A compression ratio of 2:1 was used.
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Using Tapes and
Caring for Your Drive
To ensure the highest level of performance, Colorado brand tapes (which
have been fully tested with your drive) are recommended.
HP Colorado 5GB Compatible Tape
In Windows 95 only, your tape drive can also read from but NOT write
to backup tapes made using Colorado Backup software and a Jumbo 250,
350, 700, 1400; Trakker 250 or 350; T1000; or T3000 tape drive.
The following section explains how to insert your tapes. Please note the
differences between the HP Colorado 5GB cartridge and the standard
mini-data cartridge when they are fully inserted.
CAUTION: Do not erase C4429 tapes with bulk erasers. Magnetic bulk erasing
removes tracking reference points that are placed on the tape at the factory.
Without these points, the tapes cannot be read by your tape drive. The Erase
utility in Colorado Backup is the safest and quickest method of removing data
from your tapes.
No compression: 2.50 GB
*With compression: 5.00 GB (compression not
available in Windows NT applet)