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From: ken@rochester.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Should we reuse mag tapes?
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Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 00:15:07 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 11 00:15:07 1987
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|In the world of magnetic
|recording, unlike life, the first time is not only the best,
|it's also completely forgettable.

That is what logic would lead one to expect and I agree with the
reasoning behind this conclusion. However, my experience has been that
running a new tape through the drive once, recording dummy data, makes it
more amenable to recording the second time. I know, it doesn't make sense.

Anyway it is a good idea to run a fresh tape through once to check for
dropouts and to unstick the tape, if it has been in storage a while.

	Ken