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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Alex Chliwnyj, Tucson, AZ (US);
Scott M. Fry, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Pamela R. Nylander-hill, Tucson, AZ (US);
David L. Swanson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alex Chliwnyj, Tucson, AZ (US);
Scott M. Fry, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Pamela R. Nylander-Hill, Tucson, AZ (US);
David L. Swanson, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to erase a magnetic tape, where the magnetic tape is first mounted in a magnetic tape in a tape drive, where that magnetic tape includes a physical beginning of tape ('PBOT'), a physical end of tape ('PEOT'), and information written thereon between the PBOT and the PEOT. The method then establishes one or more critical areas located on the magnetic tape, attempts to erase the information, and determines if each of the one or more critical areas have been erased. In the event each of said one or more critical areas have not been erased, Applicants' method provides an error message.
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