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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive	Using Your AIT Drive
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4. Using Your LaCie AIT Drive

AIT Cartridge Handling Precautions

Please take the following necessary precautions to ensure that your AIT cartridges stay in good condition, keeping your data safe and retrievable for years to come:

•Use the cassettes only in temperatures ranging from 41∞F to 113∞F (5∞C to 45∞C) and in humidity ranging from 20% to 80% (non-condensing).

•Avoid extreme changes in temperature and humidity whenever possible.

•If you must move from one operating environment to another, condition the cartridge for a period of time at least equal to the period during which it has been out of the operating environment (up to a maximum of 24 hours). Failure to do so may lead to performance and data reliability issues.

•When not in use, eject your cartridge from the drive and store it in its plastic case.

•Do not transport the drive with a cartridge inside of it. Eject the cartridge before disconnecting and transporting the drive.

Loading, Unloading and Write-protecting AIT Media

Loading a Cartridge

Insert a cassette into the front-panel lot with the printed surface of the cassette located on the top and the tape protection cover pointing towards the drive. As the cassette is inserted, the drive automatically takes hold of it and loads it into the mechanism. It may take several seconds for the tape to be fully loaded and available for backup. The drive will then be on line.

Unloading a Cartridge

The cassette can be removed from the AIT drive by pressing the eject button. When you press the eject button, the drive will write any buffered information to the tape, make an End of Data (EOD) mark on the tape, rewind the tape to the beginning, then unthread and eject it.

Write-protecting a Cartridge

You can write protect your cassette by sliding the tab on the front of the cassette. In this state, data can be read from the tape but not written to it. If a write-protected tape is loaded into your AIT drive, the Tape and Status LEDs will be lit.

protect enable writing

Using your fingernail, push the tab in the direction of the arrow to protect the tape from writing or accidental erasure.

Return the tab to its original position to re-enable writing.

write-protect tab