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Hi Sigmab The only suggestion that this is happening may be a problem with the drives f/w,Does the drive work fine with your older tapes?Have you tried to format the tapes..As far as i am aware that DLTIV media is compatible with your drive providing that these tapes have not been used in a...

Hi Miscohill First of all the most you will get onto a DLTIV tape is 70Gb because you are using a DLT35/70 Drive.You can get 80gb but only if the tape is used in a DLT40/80 tape drive.As for compression then it is working due to the fact that you are getting 45gb onto one tape.If your drive was...

Hi Joe The DDS tapes are good for 100 backups.Make sure they are store in a cool dry place and that you take care of your drive by cleaning it after every 5 backups.What I would recomend is that you purchase HP DDS media due to the fact that If the tape did fail before 100 backups then hp would...

A drive failing to accept tapes could be a problem with the firmware.What I would advise is to Download the Hp Storageworks Library and Tapetools..I persume you are on a windows operating system..URL for the diagnostics...

First of all How long have you had the drive..If under 3 years then contact HP technical support to get it exchanged under warranty..has the leader broken off completely or just dropped..If all leds on Right hand side are flashing then your drive has a dropped leader..Check this URL on how to...

When the cleaning Led comes on everyday it could be a few problems with your drive. 1.The drive may be under cleaned-Hp recomend that if if you backup 5 days per week then clean the drive once.Insert the cleaning cartridge 5 times in succession to make sure the heads are clean. 2.Firmware on the...

Try a force eject to see if the tape will unload.To perform a force eject power off the drive (If it is internal power off the system)remove the scsi cable,repower the system or drive and hold the eject button for 30 seconds to a minute.The tape should eject.Also here is a Url thatexplains how...

Hi first how many gigabytes are you getting onto tape before it is asking for another tape.If it is over 12gb then it shows that the drive is compressing.Backups failing with the cleaning light flashing are a common issue with these drives.Problem could be with the firmware or the heads on the...

What type of scsi card do you have....if it is an Adpatec AHA294uw scsi then that should work fine but you will need an Adapter.Or upgrade your scsi to a 29160lp adaptec scsi card to get the best performance out of your drive hope this helps Shaun

Is the tapeware that you are using the Cd that came with the drive..if so then you will need to contact tapeware to upgrade the software as the Tapeware that comes with the drive is only a single edition..What that is that it will only allow you to backup your local machine and doesn't allow you...

Hi it appears that you may have a hardware problem with the compression on the drive.If the drive was compressing Data then it should get over the 100gb as the Lto tapes are 100gb native and 200gb compressed.In order to test the drive's compression go to Hp website and download HP StorageWorks...