RE: Recover an 3490e tape that was initialized

I did the same thing a few years ago.  As I recall, I was quoted an arm and a
leg for the data retrieval too.  Good luck.





Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com> on 12/14/99 09:27:35 PM

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Hope they don't do poetry readings. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nina jones [mailto:ddi@datadesigninc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 5:45 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Recover an 3490e tape that was initialized
>
>
> > Well folks, I got the stupids the other day and initialized
> three 3490e
> > tapes that had back up data we need (badly). Fortunately I
> did not clear
> > the tapes.   I called IBM support, who then pushed me to
> consult line, and
> > sure they can recover the tapes for $1,060.00 per tape.
> >
> > Does anyone have a program that will recover the data on a
> tape like this?
>
> no, but i know someone that does it.  a company named vogon, that's in
> the same town as i am.  their page is http://www.vogon.com
> and call the
> office in norman oklahoma if you want to see if he can do it any
> cheaper.
>
> nj
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