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Corrupted backup tape header

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From: dsanders
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:00
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HHHeeelllppp!

I am not sure where to post this, so I will take my chances on being
flamed.

I need to restore a corrupted backup!

Question 1: Is there a program out there that will possibly repair a
backup tape's header? I am using a TR-1 tape in a Colorado T1000 tape
drive.

Question 2: Or is there any way to dump the tape contents onto my hard
drive so that I can sort through it using Norton Utilities or some
other hex editor?

I was using "Colorado Backup for Win95", I switched to "Cheyenne Backup
for Win95". Before I switched, I made backup tapes with the Colorado
program (2 tapes in the set). I need to recover that backup set. One
problem, though, the first part of the first tape of the set has been
corrupted.

It happened as follows, last week I started to do a complete backup with
the new Cheyenne program and I accidentally used my original backup. I
yanked it out in about 30 seconds after realizing that I was overwriting
my completed backup of two months ago. It corrupted the header.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

david

dsanders@bellsouth.net
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From: dsanders@bellsouth.net
Subject: Corrupted backup tape header
Date: 1997/11/27
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