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In article <5096@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> perry@win.tue.nl writes:
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm using 3M tapes (DC2120) and I get on some of my tapes a number of
>bad blocks.  Since I'm having trouble with placing a tape steamer in
>my system (386-33DX cache), which is probably a timing problem, I'm
>formatting my tapes slightly (;-) more than once.  The number of bad
>blocks on my tape increases with the times it is formatted.  What I
>want to know is (assuming the used tapes are 3M):
>   *  how many bad blocks do DC2120 tapes contain when formatted
>	for the first time?
>   *  is it "allowed" to format a tape more than once? (this compared
>	to ordinary 3M  3 1/2 disks).
>
>Please reply by e-mail if you have some useful information on this
>toppic.  Thanks in advance,
>
>Perry Egelmeers

Maybe you should bulk erase the tapes before you format them again.
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