The optional tape drive installs in the two bottom-left hard disk drive bays. If you have hard disk drives in those bays, move the drives to other bays.
A head crash in a fixed hard disk generally destroys the data, whereas the failure of a tape drive or optical disk drive often leaves the data cartridge unharmed.
A device used to record data directly onto magnetic consists of a tape drive, keyboard, control and logic circuit, and occasionally other input devices such as paper tape readers.
A device containing a tape drive, magnetic head, and associated controls.