Software setting to ignore overwrite protect?

I have a tape drive (Ultrium 448 LTO2) that has a bad Overwrite Protection sensor.

My boss damaged the sensor trying to get a tape out, and now every job spits the media out, saying that it is Overwrite Protected even though the media is not.

Is there a way to tell Symantec Backup Exec to ignore whether media is overwrite protected until the new drive we ordered arrives?

I do not want to miss any backups if possible!

Thank you in advance for reading.