How much wiping do you do? :)

[cmerkel at gmail.com (Chris Merkel)]

> So out of curiosity, Degaus of tape media - will that render the tape
> useless also?

I'm not up to speed on the latest in tape technology, but in the past,
you could re-use degaussed tapes. The difference between the two is
that control track contains data that tells the drive mechanics how to
do their work. With tapes, that functionality resides in the tape
drive.

- Chris Merkel