Error : bad data

[Hassan Syed]

Hi,
When i take the backup on the tape it goes fine but when i restore the same data, i get the following error after enough time elapses ;

the device reported an error on a request to read data from media. Error : bad data
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The following is the system log :

Event Type: Error
Event Source: 4mmdat
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 04/02/2008
Time: 9:22:42 AM
User: N/A
Computer: BACKUP
Description:
The device, \Device\Tape0, has a bad block.
Data:
0000: 03 00 18 00 01 00 72 00 ......r.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 .... ..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ........
0038: 02 c4 00 00 00 11 03 00 .Ä......

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Moreover i have noticed that the CLEAN LED on the tape drives starts blinking after the error appears. I used the cleaning tape to clean it but still same problem persists.

please advice.
Regards,
Hassan

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

Sounds like you have a faulty tape.

Try doing your backup to new media and see if the problem goes away...

Cheers,

Rob