🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:13:46 GMT, david@trollard.demon.co.uk (Dave
Williams) wrote:

>In January this year I installed an internal 250 tape drive which has
>performed successfully until a few weeks ago. Usage is domestic i.e.
>once per week.
>
>Using the supplied Arcadia software the backup completes but during
>compare I get a message box "Failed to read data from tape for the
>file: x.y"
>
>At first this was intermittant, but today after six attempts it is
>every time. There is some consistency in that it fails on the same
>file each time no matter how many attempts I try. If I try again
>latter in the day or another day it does exactly the same thing but a
>different file to the first time. In between times none of the data
>has changed. This happens regardless of whether I overwrite or append,
>use an old, new  or erased tape.
>
>I have followed the instructions in help and the manual, I clean the
>heads with pure Isopropyl Alcohol.
>
>Am I missing something obvious or is it just busted?

If you have a DOS based version of the software, boot from floppy and
try it - if it works its some sort of conflict (DMA usually)or lack of
available memory. Try reinstalling the software.

If its still the same try removing the pc case/moving the drive away
from other drives - some of theses drives suffer from an overheating
problem - The heat damages some components which become less
temperature tolerant over a a period of time. If its under guarantee
get it swapped.

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Steve Blackmore

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