Patent ID: 7038874

Claim:
A cartridge handling system for initializing a data storage cartridge for tamper resistant write-once recording, the data storage cartridge having (i) a memory circuit, (ii) a recording medium, and (iii) a cartridge shell which contains the memory circuit and the recording medium, the cartridge handling system comprising: a memory circuit interface to exchange information with the memory circuit of the data storage cartridge; a recording medium interface to exchange information with the recording medium of the data storage cartridge; and a controller coupled to the memory circuit interface and the recording medium interface, the controller being configured to: direct the memory circuit interface to write a memory circuit write-once flag to a section of the memory circuit, direct the memory circuit interface to read a cartridge identifier from the memory circuit, and direct the recording medium interface to write a recording medium write-once flag and the cartridge identifier to the recording medium to provide write-once flags and the cartridge identifier at multiple locations within the cartridge shell for tamper resistant write-once recording.