Quantum A-Series manual Orange Indicator Rectangle Write-protect Switch Slide LEFT to Enable

Chapter 3 Using Your Tape Drive

A-Series Data Cartridges

Note: The Super DLTtape II data cartridge has a keying feature to ensure you cannot load it into a previous generation DLT tape drive.

Figure 6 Write-protect Switch on Super DLTtape II Data Cartridge

Orange Indicator

Rectangle

Write-protect

Switch

Slide LEFT to Enable

Write-protection

Slide RIGHT to Disable Write-protection

•Slide the write-protect switch to the left to enable write protection (you can read existing data; however, you cannot write over existing data on the media, nor append additional data to the media). When you move the write-protect switch to the left, a small orange rectangle is visible. This is your visual reminder that you cannot write data to the media.

•Slide the write-protect switch to the right to disable write protection (you can write over existing data on the media, and you can append additional data to the media unless the data cartridge is write- protected via firmware). When write-protection is disabled, no orange rectangle is visible.

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