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5-9 Troubleshooting
The following are examples of Stop messages:
'The tape device reported an error on a request to read data from tape.
Error reported: Bad data.'
'Tape device "Archive 1" reported an error on a request to write data to
tape. Error reported: Hardware error.'
'The device, \Device\Tape0, is not ready for access yet.'
To obtain detailed information on an error reported to the System Event Log,
use the following procedure:
1. Start the NT Event Viewer.
2. Select the Log drop-down menu.
3. Select System.
4. Highlight the entry for the tape drive to obtain the appropriate Event
Detail display.
Figure 5-3. A typical Event Viewer display
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