[rescue] bulk erasing DLT tapes (or, more specifically, NOT)

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Sat Jan 19 15:01:22 CST 2008


> > --- "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > This all started as I have tons of 20G formatted DLT
> > > IV tapes, but now have a VS80 drive (40G format)....

On Saturday 19 January 2008 15:53, Robert Darlington wrote:
> Did you guys ever consider shredding services?  We have this massive
> chunker/shredder thing that eats whole hard drives (it would probably
> eat a fridge with no problem) that we use for tapes and other
> recordable media.
>
> -Bob

I don't see how a chipper-shredder would help Curtis reuse his media.

Pat
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