Texturing of a storage cell for reduced friction retention of a data storage cartridge

A method of texturing a storage cell comprising:

• inserting a texturing tool into a storage cell, thereby depressing a retention tab in the storage cell out of a path of the texturing tool,
• wherein said texturing tool has a hard material having a least one hard surface;
• contacting a surface of said retention tab of said storage cell with said at least one hard surface of said texturing tool;
• and
• removing said texturing tool from said storage cell, wherein said removal causing said at least one hard surface in contact with said retention tab to produce a textured surface on said surface of said retention tab.

A method of texturing a storage cell comprising:

• inserting a texturing tool into a storage cell,
• wherein said texturing tool has a hard material having a least one hard surface;
• contacting a surface of a retention tab of said storage cell with said at least one hard surface of said texturing tool;
• and
• removing said texturing tool from said storage cell, wherein said removal causing said at least one hard surface in contact with said retention tab to produce a textured surface on said surface of retention tab,
• wherein said step of inserting said texturing tool is performed by a library accessor.