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product_id: 52131751
title: "Cleaning Tape Cartridge Ultrium LTO C7978A"
brand: "hp"
price: "€ 123.95"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Hp"
url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/52131751-cleaning-tape-cartridge-ultrium-lto-c7978a
store_origin: GR
region: Greece
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# Compatible with LTO 1-4 drives Distinctive orange color Up to 50 cleanings Cleaning Tape Cartridge Ultrium LTO C7978A

**Brand:** hp
**Price:** € 123.95
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🧡 Keep your data flowing flawlessly with HP’s ultimate cleaning power!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Cleaning Tape Cartridge Ultrium LTO C7978A by hp
- **How much does it cost?** € 123.95 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- hp enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted hp brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Vibrant Orange Design:** Easily identifiable cartridge reduces downtime and mix-ups in busy server rooms.
- • **High Cleaning Capacity:** Delivers up to 50 cleaning cycles, ensuring consistent performance over time.
- • **Trusted HP Reliability:** Genuine HP media guarantees extreme reliability under diverse conditions.
- • **Maximize Drive Longevity:** Regular cleaning prevents read/write errors and extends tape drive life.
- • **Universal LTO Compatibility:** Works seamlessly with all LTO Ultrium 1, 2, 3, and 4 drives for versatile use.

## Overview

The HP Cleaning Tape Cartridge Ultrium C7978A is a high-performance cleaning media designed to maintain and extend the life of LTO Ultrium tape drives (1-4). Featuring up to 50 cleaning cycles and a distinctive orange color for easy identification, it prevents deposits and read/write errors, ensuring reliable data storage and retrieval. Trusted by professionals, this genuine HP cartridge supports consistent, long-term tape drive performance.

## Description

Product Description Although HP media offers extreme reliability under a whole range of conditions,it is still advisable to follow a sensible procedure when handling and storing cartridges in order to maximize the life of your tapes. Many causes of recording or read errors are temporary and can be corrected by cleaning cartridge. Regular drive cleaning is essential to long-term reliability and should be conducted on a scheduled cycle as well as when requested by the drive. Box Contains 1x HP C7978A Сleaning Media

Review: Five Stars - The genuine article. No problem at all.
Review: Great thanks - Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks. Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks. Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks.

## Features

- Colour: orange
- Reduces deposits or stains that settle on the drive heads; Compatible with all Lto Ultrium 1, 2, 3 and 4 drives Provides up to 50 cleanings or as many as your specific drive allows; Tape length: 846 m; Colour: orange; Number of items: 1.0; Compatible devices: HP Lto Ultrium; Tape thickness: 6.4 m; Reading spereadreadreadspespem; 80 Mbs
- International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00006HYZQ |
| Best Sellers Rank | 36,752 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 7 in Tapes |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (125) |
| Date First Available | 2 Jun. 2005 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00808736038799 |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Manufacturer | HP |
| Manufacturer Part Number | C7978A |
| Model Number | C7978A |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 11.1 x 11.3 x 2.79 cm; 204.12 g |
| Recording capacity | 1200 Hours |
| UPC | 163120287246 808736038799 777786870621 |
| Unit count | 1.0 count |
| Write speed | 80 MBs |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** HP
- **Colour:** Orange
- **Format:** VHD
- **Item weight:** 204 g
- **Memory storage capacity:** 3000 GB

## Images

![Cleaning Tape Cartridge Ultrium LTO C7978A - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61MPZViKfCL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does it come with a barcode label?**
A: Hello,
No, these cleaning tapes do not come with a library/autoloader barcode label, HP produce these separately.
Thanks for your enquiry

**Q: Is it definitely compatible with LTO5?!**
A: Yes, C7978A is Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge.  The HP web site has more details.

**Q: What LTO number is this tape?**
A: This will work with drives LTO 1 to 7.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by J***N on 11 September 2015*

The genuine article. No problem at all.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great thanks
*by M***N on 17 June 2012*

Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks. Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks. Very good service. Here on time. Does the job perfectly. Thanks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Doing job as it should.
*by F***T on 19 October 2022*

Doing job as it should.

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