RE: INZTAP of System Save tape

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The usual answer - it depends !

If it just happens to be a 1/2" reel then it's probably a fairly easy
task.
If it's a QIC or 8mm cartridge it's probably time to hire a few hundred
part timers to start re-entering the data !   :-(
(From the mention of the "little red tab" I would surmise this was an
8mm cartridge ?).

Still, depending on what it's worth to you there are companies that
specialise in data recovery that may be able to get the information back
for you.  

A quick web search reveals the following links:

http://www.exabyte.com/suppserv/techsupp/recovery/in0230.html
(The above sounds like a good deal if you have data written by an
Exabyte 8mm tape drive, and that is ANY AS/400 8mm tape, although their
free offer only apply to damage from bad tapes or drive malfunction, and
not to tape initialisation)

http://www.datarec.com/
http://www.ontrack.com/
http://www.excaliburdr.com/

or look for further links from
http://www.wdc.com/support/FAQ/recovery.html


It appears however that most of these specialise in recovery of PC/Unix
data.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Barnes [SMTP:Doug.Barnes@RHTelCo.Com]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 4:55 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      INZTAP of System Save tape
> 
> Any way to access files on a tape that someone ran an INZTAP command
> on
> CLEAR(*NO).
> 
> I'll spare the details of how I had just displayed the tape and found
> what
> I wanted to restore whena  remote user dialed in and intialized the
> tape
> for me.
> 
> I know, if I had used the little red tab... 
> 
> - Doug Barnes -
> 
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