On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:48:45PM -0600, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > have 2 sony SDX3-100C AIT3 100 GB tapes here that have bad blocks and > will not read in our tape changer. i may need to get these sent to a > data recovery shop, but would prefer not to be viciously reamed w.r.t. > the cost. > > any suggestions on good data recovery places in the US?
No, but do consider just how badly you need those couple of blocks. If 99.99% of the data is recoverable, it might not be worth it. (Then again, if the only backup for some critical production system is on that tape, and it's utterly unreadable...) Joachim