18 Dec
2006
18 Dec
'06
1:37 p.m.
On 18 Dec 2006 at 13:15, Joachim Thiemann wrote:
Hmmm, my next idea - just for obtaining the data, not
the long-term
preservation of the drive - is to write a quick and dirty script or C
program to read the data off the drive slooooowly. After all, it took
a considerable number of minutes of the drive going at full speed to
cause the rubber to fail.
Maybe, but recall that you're dealing with a streaming drive, so it's
read a block, stop, back up and get a running start, and read the
next one. That "backing up" is what would concern me--any "goo" that
came off the roller would lodge itself between the tape layers and
make a perfect setup for stripping oxide from the substrate.
Cheers,
Chuck