Patent ID: 7484682

Claim:
The method of operating a tape drive having a first reel, a second reel and a tape wound on said reels, the method comprising: performing under control of a processor during a transition from an operational mode to a stand-by mode: winding the tape onto the first reel from the second reel; monitoring rotational positions of the first and second reels; and when duration of a time interval between changes in the rotational positions of said first and second reels becomes equal to or smaller than a pre-determined threshold, (i) terminating winding the tape, (ii) entering the stand-by mode, and (iii) switching control over the tape drive to a logic circuit; and performing under control of the logic circuit during the stand-by mode: detecting a change in a rotational position of at least one of the first or second reels from a first position to a second position; and counter-rotating said at least one of the first or second reels until the rotational position thereof is restored from the second position to the first position.