Dell Products Inc.

Donald Gage

William L Theobald

Donald C Guthan

Kurt Edmiston

Ryan Holland

Randall H Zumwalt

A data storage device includes a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program that, when executed communicates with a basic input/output system (BIOS), receives a user selection from the BIOS to wipe the data storage device and performs a wipe of the data storage device. In an embodiment, the wipe of the data storage device includes writing a series of 1s and/or 0s to substantially all data bits of the data storage device.

Bios-selectable data wiping system

A system and method for identifying signal degradation in a tape drive is disclosed in which a data signal read from the tape drive and the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream are compared with a set of known values. The undecoded portion of the data may comprise the preamble portion of the signal and the comparison set of known values may be saved to local storage on the tape drive. If the comparison of the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream and the known set of signal values indicates that data signal is degraded, a notification is generated that indicates that the signal at the tape drive is degraded.

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Leander, TX, United States of America

Donald Gage