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Reading a tape behind the first end-of-media sign

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From: Georg Thimm
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 16:20
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Hello,

some of my users have a small problem: they have
a tape with some important data. Unfortunately they
started to write at the beginning of the tape - thus
the data closer to the end of the tape are inaccessible.

(I told them to do their backup on two tapes - they simply
ignored this advice, --censored remark--. No flames, please).

Is there a way to read this data (eventually ignoring the 
first particially overwritten file)? 

Thank you very much for any hint!

I'll post a summary.

	Georg
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Georg Thimm                            E-mail: thimm@idiap.ch
Institut Dalle Molle d'Intelligence    Fax:  ++41 26 22 78 18
Artificielle Perceptive (IDIAP)        Tel.: ++41 26 22 76 64
Case Postale 592
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From: thimm@cry.idiap.ch (Georg Thimm)
Subject: Reading a tape behind the first end-of-media sign
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 16:20:57 GMT
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