Removing Cartridges; Removing Power From The Drive - HP StorageWorks DAT 72 User Manual

Removing cartridges

CAUTION: Never try to remove a cartridge before it is fully ejected.
1. Press the Eject button on the front panel.
Figure 16 Ejecting a cartridge, external drive
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2. The drive completes any task it is currently performing, winds the tape to the beginning, and
ejects the cartridge. The sequence will take about 25 seconds for a write-enabled cartridge and
10 seconds for a write-protected cartridge.

Removing power from the drive

To ensure reliable operation, do not remove power from the drive during read, write, fast-search,
load and unload activities.
30 Operating your tape drive
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eject button