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The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 10:20 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
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> There are 2 categories of tape, those with a manufacturer's alignment
> track and those without.
>
> Those with should also survive a multi-foot drop onto concrete. Those
> without will likely not survive. The reason is that the actual tape
> itself will move slightly after such a drop. Without an alignment
> track the drive will likely be unable to read the data from the proper
> location.
I would have thought that the recorded tracks hold enough info for a good
reader to align itself, same as video tape players do. I thought the
technology would be more advanced.
> FYI: Media that has an alignment track laid down by the manufacturer
> will be destroyed by using a tape degausser, so a quick test to see if
> your drive uses an alignment track is to take a tape media you plan to
> throw-out and run a $30 tape degauser across it. If the tape fails to
> work at all, then you had an alignment track.
Funny that the drive can not create the alignment track.
Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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