Tape DAT & LTO Data Recovery

Tape Drives use Tapes to record data in magnetically format; the tapes are widely used by businesses to back up critical data which is vital to different business functions. Tape data recovery is extremely specialized data recovery service, where Disk Doctor Labs have decades of experience in thousands of successful recoveries. Tape recoveries are special because of the nature and criticality of the storage.

However the tapes are also prone to failures and can be categorized as logical and physical failure. Our experience with tape recoveries show that most business are not prepared for this disaster, at last resort when they turned to their trusted tapes, they shockingly discover the tape is not accessible.

Disk Doctors perform an initial diagnosis on the tape to determine if there are any damaged cartridge components and the extent of physical damage caused.

Special tools and customized hardware and software are used to create a raw image from the tape. Recoveries from physical cases involve respooling, splicing and cleaning healthy segments of tape into new carriers with the help of specialized tools and techniques. Logical recovery utilizes the image by examining data sectors and later fixes to tape format structures are decided to make important data accessible.

From their first use in 1951 they have come a long way and now come in different sizes. However recent changes in technology of hard drives, tape use as a backup of data is decreasing.

Supported Data Loss Situations

Physical damage to media
Damaged due to dust or mishandling of the media
Water damaged tapes, or due to any natural disaster
Overwritten Tapes
Back up Failures
Broken Tapes
Accidentally damaged tapes

Other Supported Backup Formats

Microsoft Backup
UNIX, Linux Tape Backup
Backup formats of Arcserve, Legato, HP, Veritas etc.

Supported Formats

4mm
8mm Quantum
DAT, DDS, DDS2, DDS3, DDS4
Super DLT, DLT8000, DLT7000, DLT II, DLT III, DLT IV, TK50/TK70
Seagate AIT, OnStream, ADR and SLR/MLR Data Cartridge
Travan tapes
Reel-to-reel data tapes
QIC mini cartridge tapes
9-track tape recovery and conversion
½" tape reels
¼" Cartridge

To recover your loss data we follow a standardized data recovery process in all our data recovery labs across the globe. Call us at
0800 043 6611 to consult your case or submit your case for free evaluation with No Recovery, No Charge guarantee.

Data Protection & Confidentiality

Disk Doctors guarantees protection of your data throughout the data recovery process, from evaluation to handing data back to the client.

Disk Doctor Employees are selected through a rigorous process of selection and follow our strict rules and procedures for handling the client data.
Client media is cloned sector by sector onto our own lab media and all the data recovery work is carried out on the cloned media not the original media; this ensures that client’s storage media is always intact.
Upon successful recovery Disk Doctors by default keeps a copy of the data for 7days before it gets deleted automatically from our Lab Server. This helps in providing the copy of data again if some thing goes wrong during the transfer of data to client e.g. the data media gets damage or goes missing during the postal process.
Our agreement to recover the data includes the clause for protection and non disclosure of data as per legal rules and regulations. If you require separate agreement for data protection and non disclosure, we are happy to sign the agreement.