Tape Data Recovery
It is a common practice to back up systems to tape drives. They are fast,
convenient and are high capacity. However, tapes can fail for the same reasons as
other magnetic media. Data Recovery Services has recovered tapes that have become
corrupt due to many situations.
Including:
- Physical damage
- Back up Failures
- Water damaged tapes
- Overwritten Tapes
- Smoke or Chemical Damaged Tapes
- Intentionally damaged tapes
- Broken Tapes
DRS has developed its own tape data recovery software in its research
and development lab to access more data off of tapes than ever before. Our in-house
programmers are constantly upgrading and generating new recovery software to help
better serve you. Our engineers are trained in recovery from many tape formats
.
Including:
- 4mm DAT, DDS, DDS2, DDS3, DDS4 and DDS5
- Super DLT & DLT, DLT VS80 and VS160 tapes
- Exabyte 8mm
- SONY AIT 1, 2 and 3
- Travan tapes
- QIC mini cartridge tapes
- 9-track tape recovery and conversion
- OnStream ADR 30 and 50 GB
- LTO 1, 2, 3 and 4
- VXA 1 and 2
- Mammoth 1 and 2
- SLR 1, 2, 3 ,4, 5
DRS will thoroughly examine your tape for any kind of damage , whether it
is physical or logical, before any attempt is made to recover the data. Our first
concern is to secure a copy of your data to the fullest extent possible; this can
be achieved by performing a low-level read of your tape. We will then work from
a secure copy of your data to identify the format and determine what process will
be used to complete the recovery.
After determining what steps will be necessary to complete your tape data recovery
, we will contact you. No work will be done without your approval. As soon as you
approve the recovery, our engineers will continue with the recovery effort.