Tape Data Recovery

“Tape drives“are of special importance because many companies store their back-up files on tape because of the large storage capacity. If tape damage occurs, the companies have to face many adversities. Thus, Tape data recovery is one of the most crucial enterprises in the information technology sector.

Data Recovery Services help to recover tapes that have become corrupt due to many situations like:

  • Heat and Smoke Damage
  • Water Damage - Sprinkler System or Flooded
  • Damage Resulting from Dropping the Cartridge
  • Data Residing after an EOF Mark (Overwritten)
  • Damage Resulting from the Tape Drive
  • Damage as a Result of Aging (Past Warranty)
  • Damage Resulting from Exposure to Extreme Temperatures or Humidity
  • Internal Cartridge Mechanism Failing
  • Permanent Errors Residing Mid File
  • Virus infection
  • Power surges or Improper System Shutdown
  • Formatted / f-disked drives etc.

Data Recovery firms offer services in recovery of data from damaged/corrupted tape cartridges such as:

  • DLT (Digital Linear Tape)
  • LTO (Linear Tape Open)
  • AIT (Advance Intelligent Tape)
  • DAT (Digital Audio Format).

Tape data recovery is similar to any regular data recovery, but can be categorized into two categories depending in the damage, that is:

  • Physical tape data recovery (when the actual hardware that the data is stored on has been damaged)
  • Logical tape data recovery (when files are deleted or misplaced).
What ever may be the cause for data loss; Tape Data Recovery Experts using easy methodologies from corrupt tape cartridges such as DLT, LTO, AIT, DAT etc instantly recover your lost data.