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NTBACKUP Head Cleaning
Name: Tech Guy Date: January 25, 2003 at 09:50:16 Pacific OS: Win2k Server CPU/Ram: 1 Gig/1Gig
Comment:
I use NTBACKUP for my daily backups on Win2k Server and it works fine for me. However, does anyone know how to use a tape cleaner for a travan drive with NTBACKUP? I know that some of the third party backup programs have a direct utility for this. When I put the tape cleaner in it just rewinds a little bit and then it stops. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Name: Analyst Date: January 25, 2003 at 14:35:09 Pacific
Reply:
Dude, that's it. It just runs for a few seconds to clean the heads, then it stops. The tape cleaner is not a full lenght strand of film, like a regular tape, so it runs only a short time. Almost all tape devices know when a cleaning tape is inserted, so they automatically run and then stop when they are done.
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