HP DAT160 FAILURE.

[Sasuke Itachi]

i have already inserted the tape into the device and the Data Protector Express 3.5 also shows it's running but the status is still idle. i am not sure what happen and nothing can be back up into the tape.



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Status (Media Status)

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Action: Idle
Element status: Invalid - Device is not ready
Usage Statistics
Last time written 01/16/2009 5:32:43 PM
Total time written 8 seconds
Total size written 22 MB
Last time read 01/16/2009 5:32:51 PM
Total time read 35 seconds
Total size read 22 MB
Cleaning Statistics
Last clean time (none)

[TapeDrive Killer 1 2]

Try cleaning the drive then if still doesnt work run DDs assesment test on LTT

www.hp.com/support/tapetools

Pablo Alvarado Siles