Compaq C200 Using Your Digital Data Storage DDS Tape Drive, Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive

Contents

3 Using Your Digital Data Storage (DDS) Tape Drive

DDS Tape Drive and Data Cassette Descriptions 45
DDS Drive 45
Storage Capacities		45
Controls and Indicators			46
LEDs 47
LED Warning Conditions			48
Data Cassettes	49
Media Life	49
Cleaning the Tape Heads			50
Media Restrictions		50
Setting the Write-Protect Tab on a Data Cassette 51

Operating the DDS Tape Drive			52
Loading and Unloading a Data Cassette				52
Verifying the DDS Tape Drive Operation				53
Using Device Files		54
Archiving Data	55
Writing to a Data Cassette 55
Restoring Files from a Data Cassette to Your System 56
Listing the Files on a Data Cassette 56
Further Command Information			57
Troubleshooting	58
Ordering Information		58

4 Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive

Using the Floppy Diskette	61
Setting the Write-Protect Tab on a Diskette		61
Inserting and Removing a Diskette 62
Operating the Floppy Drive	63
Verifying the Floppy Drive Configuration		63

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