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Thank you very much for your information. I will give all of this some thought
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Thank you very much for your information. I will give all of this some thought

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hi, i have an internal HP DAT 72, 2 years old. i backup about 40gb every night. recently, when i come in, in the morning, the cleaning light is on. I then i have to place the cleaning tape in, to use it that night.<br />
I have purchased a new cleaning tape. Still happens<br />
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I've run the HP diag software from there web site, the results are attached to this post.<br />
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Does it look like my drive is on its way out, or can i do some thing majical<br />
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hi, i have an internal HP DAT 72, 2 years old. i backup about 40gb every night. recently, when i come in, in the morning, the cleaning light is on. I then i have to place the cleaning tape in, to use it that night.
I have purchased a new cleaning tape. Still happens

I've run the HP diag software from there web site, the results are attached to this post.

Does it look like my drive is on its way out, or can i do some thing majical



I'm having problems with the cleaning light coming on after every backup

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.