Ron, I've had that problem in the past, and running chkdsk /f on all the hard drives fixed it. Don't know why, though. It was suggestion from MS support. -Sly Ron Leach <rleach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Using win2k pro. In the event viewer my tape device is giving the = following error: "The device, \Device\Tape0 has a bad block." Can't seem to find any info. Has anyone seen this before? Is tape = drive going bad? Data seemed to backup ok. It's when I try to restore = that this error comes up. TIA ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm