HP surestore t20xe User Manual page 46

Caring for Your Tape Drive
Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges
Figure 4.2 HP Colorado 20GB/Travan TR-5 cartridge
Caution
4-6
The back of the cartridge
will be flush with the
recessed bezel.
Interfering with a tape cartridge during operations can cause data loss and
may make the tape temporarily unrecordable. During read-write
operations (while the operation light on the front panel is flashing), do not:


Pull the tape cartridge out of the drive


Bump the tape cartridge


Turn off the power to the computer
If this does happen, you may not be able to read the data currently written
to the tape. In addition, the tape may not be recordable until it is erased
with an Erase utility.
To remove a tape cartridge from the drive:
1 Wait until the operation light on the front of your tape drive stops blinking
and your backup software indicates that it is all right to remove the tape
cartridge. Do not remove a tape cartridge during an operation. See the
Caution above.
2 Grasp the tape cartridge firmly and pull it straight out of the drive.