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using Viceversa Pro that same file copies fine back from the tape. Looks like windows explorer is getting mixed up somehow but in this case at least, the media appears to be safely stored on the tape.

Update 1: I know why the tape was not recognized this morning, I had not ejected it properly. So I made sure to do that this time. Update 2: I just copied a couple of test folders to the tape, then copied them back onto a hard drive with no errors. However, after properly ejecting and...

a few more details: yesterday after copying from the tape to hard drive turned out to be failing on several files, I went into windows explorer->properties on the tape drive, and clicked "check". It began checking the medium then soon returned errors (I unfortunately did not write them down)...

The way I copied was by just dragging and dropping the folder in windows exporer. So I didn't have any options to verify the copy. I'm sure there is a better way, like with windows commandline or some other utility? Happy to try that if you can point me in the right direction. When copying from...

Is LTFS on windows 7 x64 compatible with LTO 7? I just bought a Quantum Ultrium 7 HH model C drive. brand new, plugged into a LSI 9200-8e SAS card, in a asrock x79 extreme 11 mobo. Desktop situation. I installed latest version of LTFS. Install worked fine. Started copying a 2TB folder with...

Of course - I don't mean to ask whether the hardware is in good state or working order, I'll have to determine that myself by elimination. What I meant was, I wonder if combining this particular motherboard + this LSI HBA + this LTO drive goes against any known incompatibilities. But I believe...

I do have a cleaning tape and used it a couple days ago when I first had the issue. The tape cleaning process seemed to go fine, in that it ran, the tape was eventually ejected, and the drive didn't display an error 6. Thanks for the tips on storing tapes. These tapes were laying flat...

Since the error messages say that either the drive is faulty or the media is bad, I've ordered two new tapes, one LTO-3 and one LTO-4, and will run the tests again when they arrive to try and narrow it down. However if you see anything bogus with my configuration (known incompatibilities for...

I'm running StorageCare Diagnostics now. Here is what I'm getting. It reported errors very early on in the process (output log below): It's definitely acting up but the error is pretty general... or maybe I lack the knowledge to know what it really means. xTalk Version 6.7.0.0...

Thank you. I will try StorageCare Diagnostics now. When you say, "stored improperly", can you point me to some guidelines/do's and don'ts? Yesterday I tried one LTO3 tape and two LTO4 tapes and they all behaved similarly. All 3 tapes were stored at room temperature in a dry place, though two...

Hi - I'm trying to set up an Ultrium 4 Quantum drive for use on a Windows 7 x64 machine, but running into issues. I'm new to using LTO, so forgive any newbie ignorance here! I keep getting error 6, and two different backup utilities (novabackup and EaseUS Todo Backup) are failing tasks. When...