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hansiboy
05-03-2002, 03:50 PM
Hi i have a problem, (an inconvenience really), with Windows XP and a SCSI Tape drive.

The drive is a Exabyte 8500 8mm drive (_really_ old but hey :) ).

The problem is that after i started using Windows XP the SCSI activity light on the drive flashes constantly.

I know this is because its constantly beeing polled for an inserted media becuse if i put a tape in it it will automatically show up in Computer Management\Storage\Rem.Storage\Media.

What bothers me is that the flashing light is kinda distracting :). So if anyone know how to change this behaviour I'd be grateful if they could tell me.

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