Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:57:13 -0700 From: Leonard <leonardc9@usa.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Trouble reading DAT tape... Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970717005713.00690ce4@pop.slip.net>
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I recently had to realign my DAT tape drive's heads in order to fix problems that it had with reading and writing to tapes. However, after the realignment, I can't read any of my old tapes, and right after the drive was realigned, I had a 4.3 gig HD fail on me. Now I can't get at *any* of my backups. :( Does anybody know of a way to read DAT tapes that may have the data written in the wrong position from what the drive is expecting? To the drive, the tapes all seem blank. The drive is an Archive (now Seagate) Python/Peregrine DDS-2 drive with the 5.23 firmware. The tapes are all Sony DDS-2 DAT tapes. From calls I've made to the drive manufacturer, I'm told that there's absolutely *no* way to recover from this, but I'm hoping they're wrong... Trying to keep some glimmer of hope alive here. :) Also, if it comes to a last resort, I may need to have a data recovery center recover the data from the tape. Can anybody recommend any (because I'm a student, hopefully good but cheap) companies they've had experience with? Thanks for all of your help, Leonard -- Leonard Chung <Leonardc9@usa.net> Support the Blue Ribbon Campaign for free speech online () http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html /\ "Those who will not reason perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason." - W. H. Auden
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