Hello,
Stephan Holl wrote:
Hello Dietz,
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:41:42 +0200 Dietz Proepper <dietz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stephan Holl:
Replace the cartridge. Clean the drive. Hold your thumbs :-)
I did that 1 week ago. Why do I need to clean the drive that often?
I should think about buying more reliable hardware...
If we're talking about a DDS drive then once a week is rather not a
sign of crappy hardware. When I was using DDS kind of hardware for my
backups I had to run the cleaning tape after about 5 completely
written tapes.
Thanks for your tips. I will use that more often (and hopefully get
some better hardware soon :-))
Only as an additional information:
I use a rather old DDS drive (actually, two of them). I only had to
clean the drive after it couldn't read a tape that was written on
another DDS drive (which is one of the main faults of DDS as backup
media, by the way). Only then the drive decided it needed cleaning. I do
use a cleaning cartridge once a month, which means less often than after
5 full tapes but is still more often than the drives think is necessary.
My interpretation is that you simply can't rely on the drive's opinion
about the necessity of cleaning. DDS is crap. (And still I use it...
funny, isn't it?)
Arno
Cheers
Stephan
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