Technical data

B.2.1 Guidelines for Using QIC Tapes
Use the following guidelines when using QIC tapes:
• Do not drop the tape.
• Store the tape where the room temperature is between 10°C and 40°C
(50°F and 104°F) and the humidity is between 20% and 80%.
• Do not expose the tape to direct sunlight, abrasive particles, or
electromagnetic fields.
• Store the QIC tape in its protective container, placed on its edge, or
stacked. Do not stack QIC tapes more than five high.
• Place the identification label in the space provided on the top of the QIC
tape.
B.2.2 Setting the QIC Tape Write-Protect Switch
There is a write-protect switch on one corner of the QIC tape, as shown in
Figure B–5. This switch allows you to write-protect the data on the tape.
After writing data to the QIC tape, write-protect the tape to prevent accidental
erasure or overwriting of that data. Use the write-protect switch as follows:
• Turn the write-protect switch to the safe (write-protect) position when you
want to protect the data on the tape, or when you want to read or copy
data from the tape.
• Turn the write-protect switch to the write-enable position when you want
to write data to the tape.
Removable Storage Media B–7