System and method for protecting head elements of a tape drive

A method and apparatus is provided to protect head elements (302) on a head (508) of a head guide assembly, having a magnetic tape (106), and a leader (402) coupled to the magnetic tape at a first end, such that the height of the leader is less than the height of the magnetic tape.

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Hauptverfasser: HAMMING, JOHN ANTHONY, HEINZE, ROBERT RALPH, MEHTA, UMANG
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus is provided to protect head elements (302) on a head (508) of a head guide assembly, having a magnetic tape (106), and a leader (402) coupled to the magnetic tape at a first end, such that the height of the leader is less than the height of the magnetic tape.