> It may be a tape issue and not a drive issue.
> Old data tapes can get the tape layer stuck together etc.
> Old data tapes can get the tape layer stuck together etc.
Good point. I didn't think of that...and I recently had an audio multitrack that was the same age (about 25 years old) transferred to digital, and they had to bake the tape.
> I've spoken to a data recovery place here in Australia.
> They advise that they bake the tapes before data recovery to stop oxide shedding.
> They also change the rubber drive band inside the data cartridge itself before running it.
> They advise that they bake the tapes before data recovery to stop oxide shedding.
> They also change the rubber drive band inside the data cartridge itself before running it.
Does anyone know of a similar service in the USA?