Re: dc2120 tape cartridge error rate

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From: Toine Kuiper
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:13

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calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway) writes:

>I read in one of the magazines (I think it was either "Windows" or
>"Windows User") that Central Point Backup finds an unusually high
>number of bogus errors on *any* tape.  My experience with PC Tools 7.1,
>which includes Central Point Backup, confirmed that for me.  It found
>errors on new tapes with my CMS Jumbo 120 tape drive that CMS's software
>said were fine.  According to the magazine article, Norton's Backup also
>was able to use the tapes that Central Point Backup said were bad.

>Although its user interface is a bit crude, I'm using CMS's software
>instead of Central Point Backup.

I got the same problems with CPbackup 7.2 and the CMS Jumbo 250. 
Since I started using the tape software from CMS I never had ANY
problems.

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Subject: Re: dc2120 tape cartridge error rate
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