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Reviews of our file and data transfer from disks and tapes. We can also extract files from optical disks with unknown filesystems and disks that appear to be blank or empty.
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UDO Disk Transfer from Optical Jukebox to TIF or PDF

3 UDO disks are shown of 30GB by Verbatim and Plasmon. They were used in an Optical Disk Jukebox which was controlled by Pegasus Inverstore Document Management System. The disks are awaiting transfer of the data and conversion of files to TIF or PDF along with export of Metadata Database.
UDO Disk Transfer from Optical Jukebox to TIF or PDF

UDO 30GB disks from Jukebox, Hounslow, London, UK.
... The disks held images of scanned documents (TIF and PDF), however the files were encoded or encrypted by the Pegasus Investore Document Management System ...

UDO disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


ZIP100 disks transfer to USB stick

The photo shows 2x Zip 100 discs along with their title sleeve. The disks are made by Iomega and are 100mb capacity. The label indicates they are PC100.
2 off Zip 100 discs with Word and Excel files

Zip100 Disks, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK.
... The disks dated from the late 90s that the customer needed to have transferred to a format they can read on my Mac ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Paperport and Quicken file transfer from Jaz Disk

A pair of Jaz disks (1GB) that were used in an old Windows PC. The disks stored Paperport and Quicken files. The disks are black in colour and made by Iomega with white labels.
A Jaz disk used in a PC that contained Paperport and Quicken files

Paperport and Quicken Files, Chamonix, , FRANCE.
... It might have a password ...

Jaz Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


1-Step Backup Zip Disk File Recovery

A pair of PC100 ZIP disks photographed side by side. The disk on the left is red, and the right hand one is blue. Both disks are manufactured by Iomega.
ZIP100 disks used to save .1-step backup

1-step ZIP files, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK.
... The data was stored in files with .1-step extension ...

1-step File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Transfer Ez Drive 135 to USB

A Syquest 135mb Ez-Drive disk is shown in the picture. The label indicates 135mb Removable Cartridge and the name Syquest is embossed on the cartridge.
An Ez Drive 135 disk by Syquest

EzDrive Disk, Shoreditch, Hackney, UK.
... The files on the EZ Driver 135 disk were formatted in Apple Mac HFS ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Atari 5.25 Floppies Retrieve data to read on Windows PC

Some Atari 5.25 inch floppies are shown that were used on Atari 800 / 810, 90kb and 1050 Enhanced 130kb disks (sometimes known as 127kb). Most of them are shown inside the paper sleeve except for the bottom right which you can see the megnetic surface through the read slot used by the floppy drive.
Converting a stack of Atari 5 1/4 Floppy Discs to PC readable data

Atari Floppy Disk, Manchester, , UK.
... Most were Atari 800 formatted with 40 tracks on one side Single Density only to give all of 90k capacity ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Maxell CF2-d disk conversion

5 off Maxell branded CF-2 floppy disks are shown, most in their cardboard sleeve. One diskin the lower right corner is shown on it's own. The disks are laid out side by side ready for conversion.
A Maxell CF2-d disk used in Amstrad Word Processor

Maxell CF2-D Disk, 54000 Nancy, , FRANCE.
... The customer from France, had text data stored on the double-sided diskettes ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


3.5 Floppy Disks converting to Microsoft Word readable files

A stack of 3.5 inch floppy disks by Sony, TDK and Verbatim. There are 2 piles of disks with showing their aluminium dust covers and hard plastic protective cases. The disks are photographed side on.
3.5 inch floppy disks for file conversion in our office

3.5 inch Floppy Disk Files, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
... It was important to provide trail of evidence for the data so first step was to create disk image files from the disks ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Macbook Air Recover Files from Internal Hard Drive SSD

A close up photo of a MacBoook Air. This Apple laptop was model A1466 EMC3178 and the keyboard and screen are clearly shown.
A Macbook Air sent to us to transfer files off the internal hard disk

MacBook Air SSD Hard Drive, Geneva, , SWITZERLAND.
... up ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Transfer data from Maxoptic MO Optical Disk Cartidges

The front view of a Maxoptic Magneto Optical MO disk 1.3GB. The disk is grey colour with standard notches out of the side indicating ISO compliant formatting. The disk has it's read protect red tabs in thhe write protect position.
A Maxoptic 1.3GB disk awaiting data transfer of files to USB

Maxoptic Optical Cartridge, Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK.
... They required us to copy data to a USB drive ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


8 inch Floppy Disk Data Recovery Memac Engine Control System

There are 2 off 8 inch floppy disks made by 3M shown side by side awaiting us to recover the files inside the diskettes to a cd or USB. The disks are dark grey in colour and with white hand written labels. Their printed labels indicated 3M SS SD single side single density 740-0 26 soft sectors / 128 bytes.
2 Floppy Disks used in a Ship's MEMAC Controller awaiting conversion

Old 8 inch Floppy Disks, Copenhagen, , DENMARK.
... They were used aboard a ship for the Main Engine Monitoring and Control (MEMAC) system by Lanng & Stelman Software (Denmark) Frederikshavn ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Disk Image from Amsoft CF2 Floppy disk by Maxell and Amstrad

A CF2 floppy disk made by Amsoft is pictured along with it's cardboard outer sleeve. The disc is awaiting a forensic disk image or sector by sector bit by bit exact copy to be made, and have it's files extracted.
An Amsoft CF-2 floppy disc used in an Amstrad computer awaiting a disk image to be taken for forensic evaluation

Amstrad CF2 Floppies, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
... A disk image was made which saves every bit of data from the disk to a single file ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover Data from Unreadable ZIP disks

A close up view of the inner disc from a ZIP disk which was sent for recovery. The client had tried to read the data but due to surface contamination over the years had left the disk unreadable.
recovering data from the magnetic surface of a ZIP disk that was unreadable

Zip Disk unreadable, Hackney, London, UK.
... The disk outer covers have been removed to expose the magnetic disk inside ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Transfer Jaz Disk files

A close up of the labels from an Iomega Mac 1GB. The disk is preformatted for the Macintosh computer. Also seen is a PC 1GB disk to the right hand side of the image.
A Mac1GB Jaz Disk in the office for file transfer

Jaz Disk, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
... The client just did not have the hardware to extract the files ...

Zip Jaz Rev Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Convert Amstrad CF2 disk to Microsoft Word

There are 2 CF2 disks made by Amsoft (Amstrad) and Maxell. These disks were sent to be converted to Microsoft Word and are pictured side by side. The discs are still in their original cardboard outer sleeves.
CF2 disks by Amsoft and Maxell that were used in single head floppy drive and ready for conversion to word

Amstrad CF2 disks, Sittingbourne, Kent, UK.
... The disks were previously used in an Amstrad Word Processor/Computer in the 1990's ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


QIC tape transfer from 3M DC6150 cartridge

A single tape data cartridge by 3M. This particular model isa DC 6150 150Mbytes labelled cartouche numeriques 620ft long or 189.0m. It was made using windows backup software.
Windows Backup QIC tape from 1995 awaiting data transfer

QIC Tape, Slough, Berkshire, UK.
... We received 2 of these tapes ...

Tape Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


5.25 inch floppy disk Retrieve Data

A 5.25 floppy disk which was sent to us to retrieve the data. The client was unsure if the disk still worked but simply wanted the files emailing back to them. This disk was a mini Floppy disk although by today's standards it is very large for the compared to the amount of data it holds! It was designated MD2D meaning low density 360kb.
A 5.25 floppy disk from which the user required data to be retrieved

Old 5.25 Floppy Disks, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND.
... They had no idea if the floppy disk still worked, but requested us to retrieve the data and send it by email (its size was something around 50KB so no need for an external media like a USB stick ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Windows 95 Gateway computer transfer files from ZIP disk to CD / DVD

3 ZIP disks are shown, made by Iomega, FujiFilm and Swap. The disks are queued together ready to have their data read to a CD or DVD. In more recent years customers have asked for files to be saved to USB or have download links for getting the files returned to them.
ZIP disks from Windows 95 computer ready for transfer of files

Zip Disks, Henley-on-Thames, , UK.
... These particular disks had been stored in quite a poor condition and so the data surfaces had become contaminated ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


ComSquared MO disks Conversion Image-Director (by Milner)

MO disk used in Sun Unix scanner station. The system used ComSquared ImageDirector document management system to store documents on numbered Magneto Optical disks.
ComSquared Convert MO disks to pdf. This disk was taken from a SUN UNIX document scanner

Sun Com Squared MO disks, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... Disk 1.3GB disks - need converted to DVD, said the email last month from USA ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Atari 5.25 floppy disk conversion

5.25 floppy disks from an Atari 810 computer which held text files from the user's dissertation, books, novels and and essays.
Atari 5.25 floppy disk transfer

Atari Floppy Disk, Nantwich, Cheshire, UK.
... It was popular and we often receive disks with old text based files eg University Dissertations, books , novels, essays and diaries people had typed up - not realising that one day technology would move on and their work would be locked in a time capsule ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple ][ Disks Recovery

Here is an Apple 2 / Apple 2E 5.25 floppy disks that held a a book novel files written on the apple word processor software. The Apple 2E had a green screen and popular in schools and colleges when it first came out.
Apple ][ Disks Conversion

Apple 2 Floppy Disk, Dundee, , SCOTLAND.
... In the 1980s you would have had one of these in your office for word processing / spreadsheets, or your school may have had one Apple and some BBC Micros, but the Apple computer was always the one you wanted to use, with its imposing twin floppy drives mounted under the green monitor and its colourful logo ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Microware Magneto Optical Disks Conversion

MO disks from Microware undergoing transfer to CD and DVD.
Microware Magneto Optical Disks read to CD

MicroWare MO disk, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
... We have recently transferred 1x Dysan 100 5.25 MO disk 512 bytes/sector which was used with OS9000 and OS9 68k ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Panasonic Electronic Filing System Optical Disk Transfer

The Panasonic KV-Fxx series Electronic Filing System pictured with its 3.5 128MB MO (magneto Optical) disk drive, Floppy drive and external 5.25 Optical Disk Drive.
Panasonic KV-F510 KV-F520 KV-F511 KV-F521 Data Recovery

Panasonic KV-F Optical disks, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK.
... The scanner data is stored on MO Optical disks and we can transfer them to say TIF images to help migrate your files to modern PC Windows or Mac etc ...

Optical Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest disk transfer to Mac CD

Apple Mac formatted Syquest disk which is ready for transfer files to CD.
Syquest disk file read to Mac CD

Mac Syquest Cartridge, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... until they needed them again! So fear not, email or call us for a quote ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Merging 2 file or disk copies to create one good file

Combining data from 2 identical disks or files in order. One good file will be created from reading the good sectors from each source to hopefully overwrite bad sectors from the other source.
Merge Multiple files or disk copies to create a complete file

Merge 2 Corrupt Files, London, W1F, UK.
... There may well be a second identical file stored elsewhere - but how to make one complete good file or disk? A Dubai Contractor had an old logistics program on 5.25 inch floppy disk ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Medical DICOM Image MO Optical disk transfer to DVD

Dicom files extracted from MO disks (MOD) used in Medical Image CT CAT Scanners, Angiograms and X-Rays.
DICOM MO Optical disk transfer to DVD

Dicom Image MO disk, Wandsworth, London, UK.
... We can read the disks and copy the DICOM images to DVD or CD or hard drive ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


One-Step Backup Zip Jaz Drive data recovery

Iomega's OneStep (1-Step) backup used on Jaz and Zip disks. This is not to be confused with 1-step for Ditto Cartridge Tapes from Tecmar or Iomega Tools. These disks were undergoing restore to extract their files from the One-Step backup archive file.
One-Step Backup Zip Jaz Drive data transfer

One-Step Files from Zip or Jaz, London, W8, UK.
... It was used under Windows 95/98/ME to save files ...

Iomega One-Step Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple Mac SCSI laptop hard drive 2.5 inch data recovery

A SCSI hard disk drive from Apple Macintosh computers and PowerBooks. The old Macs used SCSI hard disk drives often by Quantum or Western Digital (WD) and this one is ready for file transfer.
Apple Mac SCSI laptop hard drive 2.5 inch file transfer

Mac SCSI Laptop Hard Disk, Lewisham, London, UK.
... It has a rare 40-pin SCSI hard disk drive interface with a separate bank of 8 pins, which does not connect to standard SCSI cards ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


CD or DVD suddenly stopped working - Repair / Recovery

File Recovery undertaken on CD or DVD disks when they cannot be read or not recognised No Disc error.
DVD or CD no longer works - Recover Repair Data access

DVD not working, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK.
... A Video or File Data CD or DVD that worked over a year ago when it was recorded, might suddenly stop playing or show No Disc / empty when read now ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


5.25 inch DS-DD floppy disk file transfer to CD

A DS-DD 5.25 inch floppy disk ready to have archive data recovered to CD or USB.
Old 5.25 inch DS-DD Floppy Disk Drive Data Recovery and Transfer

5.25 DS DD Floppy Disk, Clevedon, Somerset, UK.
... The disks appeared to be in good condition but were initially not recognised by the floppy drive ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk Macintosh formatted File recovery

An Apple Mac formatted Superdisk that needed files converting and transferring to CD.
Superdisk Apple Macintosh Formatted File Data Recovery

Macintosh SuperDisk, Milton Keynes, , UK.
... This includes 240MB and 120MB versions ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest 200mb disk cartridge convert to cd

A Syquest 200mb disk having data transferred to CD, DVD and USB drive.
Syquest 200mb file transfer

Syquest 200mb Cartridge, Portsmouth / Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK.
... We are often contacted by those who need transfer of files to say CD or DVD so email or call us now ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


EFS Extent File System data recovery inc DICOM

Dicom data recovery from MO disk (MOD). This particular disk was used in a Philips Marconi CT Medical Scanner and held data in the EFS filesystem A bespoke program was made to extract the files to enable viewing on computer using freely available DICOM viewers along with the metadata in an Excel database for easy image searching and retrieval.
EFS Extent File System file recovery inc DICOM

EFS Filesystem Extraction, Glasgow, , SCOTLAND.
... It is also used on some Philips / Marconi Select CT scanners to store Dicom images on 5.25 inch Magneto-Optical (MO) discs (MOD) ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Corel / Panasonic and Plasmon Optical Disk file transfer

Data Recovery being undertaken on Panasonic and Plasmon Optical Disks. The disks used proprietary file system so did not show up under Windows, Linux or Apple Macs. A bespoke software program was written to extract the files.
Corel / Panasonic and Plasmon Optical Disk file recovery

Plasmon Panasonic Optical Disks, Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
... P940-C P1400-C P1 P1002-E P1500-E and Panasonic LM-R1500A LM-D500W LM-D501W LM-D702W LM-R1400A LM-W1400A ...

Optical Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


PCDOCSE Document Management System - Extract office files

PCDOC by Softco was an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) which could store scanned documents to MO disks like the one in the photo. A popular conversion is to read the MO disks and convert the files to PDF, often stored on a NAS, Network Drive or USB disk windows formatted.
PCDOC-SE extract recover files and Documents

PC-Doc Files, Edinburgh, , SCOTLAND.
... We have recovered the files stored on Magneto Optical disks and tied these up with the database to restore documents to allow user access ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Ditto and DittoMax Tape transfer files

An example Ditto Max tape including Flash-File. These are made by Tecmar and Iomega and need to be read or transferred to modern media as the tape drives and software is no longer made.
Ditto and DittoMax Tape copy files

Ditto and Ditto Max Cartridges, Birmingham, , UK.
... We can read/transfer/copy/extract your files from these tapes to CD DVD or hard drives ...

Ditto Tape Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover Retrospect backup files from Apple Mac tape

Retrospect tape backup files being recoveed from old Apple Mac to USB drive.
Retropect tape archive transfer

Retrospect Backup Files, San Francisco, California, USA.
... We can transfer the files from the Retrospect DDS DAT or DLT tapes that were popular with Apple Mac during OS7 OS8 and OS 9 ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Batch convert PICT to BMP or JPEG

An Apple Mac PICT image file is sometimes difficult to convert especially when a batch conversion of many files is required.
PICT batch converter

Pict File Conversions, Dubai, Dubai, UAE.
... We have tried some widely available software for doing this and found it clumsy or unreliable when batch converting from many different folders at once ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Panasonic Video Recorder DVD error when adding movie to disk

DVDs from a Panasonic DMR video recorder can be recovered even when the disc can not be read or shows up as No Disc, Empty or blank.
Error adding footage to DVD in Panasonic Video Recorder

Panasonic Video Recorder, Swindon, , UK.
... When adding video from camcorder to disc, an error message occurred and the disc could no longer be read (it had not been finalised) ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Covert old Mac Floppy disks to Windows PC for Claris Works

Converting old Apple Mac Floppy Disk to OSX, Windows, Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.
Transfer Apple Mac floppy disk Claris Works to Windows

Apple Floppy Disk, Jena, , GERMANY.
... A popular office document program was ClarisWorks whose files need to be read and converted for use on Windows or Modern Mac OSX ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Copy Apple Mac SuperDisk to CD

An Imation SuperDisk 120MB received by us that needed to be read and have it's files copied to CD.
Read Apple Mac SuperDisk to CD

Apple Mac Superdisk, Hull, Humberside, UK.
... The disks looked like 3.5 inch floppy disks ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


SYJET Syquest disk file data transfer

A Syjet disk made by Syquest awaiting to have it's data read and copied to CD. These days most people have it read to USB memory stick or download.
SYJET Syquest disk file copy read transfer

Syjet Disk, Birmingham, , UK.
... The disks drives are no longer made however we can transfer from Syquest Syjet disks used on Apple Mac or PC to say CD or DVD ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover photos from an Iomega ZIP disk

Copying files from ZIP disk to CD.
Copy files from an Iomega ZIP disk

Iomega ZIP disks files, Antwerpen, , BELGIUM.
... According to the client there were no service providers in the Cayman Islands with an operational zip drive to retrieve the files to CD ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Convert PICT files to JPEG

Converting Pict files from old Apple Mac to JPEG .jpg files or Bitmap .bmp.
Convert PICT files to Bitmap

PICT to JPEG File Conversion, Glasgow, , SCOTLAND.
... Sometimes you need to batch convert a large number of the files to other formats say JPEG jpg, Bitmap bmp, for further processing ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


HPP and HPD file viewers and converters

An old floppy disk containing HPP and HPD files needed converting the scanned images from the HP scanner software.
HPP and HPD Convert or view files

HP Scanner Files, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
... The HP (Hewlett Packard) Scanner Printer software used to create documents in HPD and HPP files which cannot be easily opened or viewed ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Double Layer DVD+R recovery

A Double Layer DVD+R turned to face the recording side showing the darker rings where video has already been burnt to the disk.
Double Layer DVD-DL data recovery

Double Layer DVD, New York, New York, USA.
... The first DVD recordable drive from Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies features 16X DVD+R specification and 12 times the capacity of a CD at 8.5GB for a wide range of video, music, image and data storage applications. ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


LS-240 Superdisk download files to CD

An LS240 Superdisk that needed it's files downloaded to CD.
Superdisk LS-240 download data to CD

LS240 SuperDisk, Milan, , ITALY.
... Recently we have extracted CAD Photos Images Spreadsheets and Word Documents from LS-240 disks for several companies who find themselves without a Superdisk drive. ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


DEC PDP-11 8 inch floppy disks transfer to CD

An 8 inch floppy disk from PDP11 Dec computer which required files to be transferred off to CD.
DEC PDP-11 8 inch floppy disks copy files to CD

DEC pdp11 Floppy Disk, Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
... Apex can now recover these files with their names and transfer them to a CD for use on modern PC Windows computers ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Sparq Disk convert to CD ro DVD

This Sparq disk holds 1gb of data and is ready for file transfer.
Sparq disk read files to CD or DVD

Sparq Disk, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
... We can recover the files and data off these disks and read them to say a CD or DVD which can be accessed on Mac or PC. ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Shima Seiki MO Disk File Recovery

MO disk storing Shima Seiki sewing machine knitting pattern control software that had become corrupt and did not allow access to the files.
Shima Seiki Magneto Optical Disks recovery

Shima Seiki MO disks, Newcastle University, Northumbria, UK.
... The disk can get corrupt and prevent file access ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac ZIP 250-mb not mounting on desktop

A Zip 205mb that had trouble mounting on the Desktop of a Mac computer.
250MB ZIP Apple Mac disc recover files not mounting on desktop

Mac Zip Disks, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
... Direct competitors were the Superdisk 240mb and larger capacity 200mb and 270mb Syquest drives ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Copy Apple Mac Floppy disks to CD

Copying off word documents from and old Apple Mac floppy disk.
Apple Mac Floppy disks transfer to CD

Mac Floppy Disk, London, , UK.
... Files were often created using Clarisworks, MacWrite and Mac Write Pro documents ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


ClarisWorks convert to Word

Clarisworks conversion to modern Microsoft Word or Excel undertaken via our software.
Convert ClarisWorks to Microsoft Word

ClarisWorks Files, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
... Often these files are stored on old 3.5 inch floppies 400kb or 800kb ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover jpeg photos from slideshow movie DVD

Data recovery undertaken on a DVD that had a slideshow movie that could not be played back.
Recover photo images from DVD slideshow

Extract Jpegs from Slideshow, Chatham Gillingham, Kent, UK.
... We extracted the jpeg photo images from the video and saved them to a separate CD as the customer had lost the original files ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk LS-120 copy files to CD

An LS120 superdisk which is going to have its files copied to CD.
LS-120 Superdisk file data transfer to CD

LS120 Superdisk, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK.
... SuperDisk is sometimes confused with SuperDrive by Apple Mac but is totally different ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


8 inch floppy disks data recovery

Copying files from 8 inch floppy disk. These disks were used in CNC or old Word Processors, but we can convert many of them to modern Microsoft Office document files like Word or Excel.
8 inch floppy disc copy files to CD

8 inch Floppy Disk, Coventry, West Midlands, UK.
... If you have ever seen one of these disk drives they look like dinosaurs of the modern floppy drives ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover files from scratched CD

Scratch or cracked CD or DVDs undergoing video recovery.
CD shows as empty - scratch on reflective side

Scratched CD, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK.
... After a while you may return to these CDs / disks, and to your horror they are showing as empty and will not read - perhaps they have got scratched on the underside or cracked slightly ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac Syquest EZ135 cartridge transfer to CD

An EZ135 cartridge that was used in an Apple Mac. The cartridge will shortly undergo data transfer of its files.
Mac Syquest EZ135 disk convert to CD

Mac Syquest Cartridge, Dublin, , IRELAND.
... EZ135 cartridge ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Optical Disk Cartridge Transfer to CD or DVD

A Panasonic LM-xxxx series Optical disk ready for file transfer.
File Data Transfer from Optical Disk Cartridges

Optical Disk Cartridges, Perth, , SCOTLAND.
... The disks look very similar to Magneto-Optical disks but are recorded using Phase Change technology ...

Optical Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac Iomega Jaz disks convert to PC

A Jaz Disk formatted on a Mac ready for transfer to Windows PC computer.
Apple Mac Jaz disks transfer to Windows Computer

Mac Jaz Disks, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
... We can convert these for use in Company Windows PC computers by burning the data to CD's or DVD's. ...

Jaz Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Transfer files and data from old Apple Mac Hard Drive

Transferring files and data off old Apple Mac SCSI hard drives. The desktop drives often have 50pin flat connector that looks like IDE / parallel interface but a bit bigger.
Extract files from old Apple Mac Computer Hard Disk Drive

Old Mac File Conversion, Stafford, Staffordshire, CANADA.
... Some of these use SCSI (large 50-pin flat ribbon cable) or ATA/IDE drives such as the 80MB Quantum Pro-Drive or Connor and Western Digital WD Hard Disk ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk file retrievial and convert to CD

An Imation Superdisk requiring files transferred to CD or USB.
Data Recovery from Superdisk

Imation Superdisk, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK.
... These disks wre produced for a short time in 240mb and 120mb formats ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Old Word Processor and other File Conversions

Converting word processor floppy disks.
Convert Files from old Word Processor formats

Old Word Processor Files, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
... The files can be stored on old 5.25 ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Amstrad 3 inch Floppy Disk File Transfer

A 3 inch floppy disk from Amstrad computer having files transferred and recovered, after which they will be converted to Word or Excel documents, or even pdfs.
Amstrad floppy disc Data Recovery Conversion to CD

Amstrad 3 inch Floppy Disk, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, SCOTLAND.
... Many files were written in LocoScript Word Processor and they can be converted to MS Word while retaining most of the formatting ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Panasonic PD Cartridge Data Transfer

A PD disk cartridge by Panasonic which stored 650mb of data which will shortly undergo transfer to CD.
PD Cartridge Caddy DVD-RAM 650MB File Recovery

Panasonic PD Disk, Hemel, Herts, UK.
... The CD / DVD-RAM disk inside the cartridges cannot be read in regular DVD-RAM or DVD or CD drives, they are only suitable for a specially made player that was only made for a few years ...

Optical Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


DVD-RAM transfer to DVD

Converting DVD-RAM Cartridge Caddy style cases to DVD.
Convert DVD-RAM to DVD

DVD-RAM to DVD Conversion, Bristol, , UK.
... The disk readers for these cartridge Type I and II disks are no longer made however many DVD-RAM disks still exist holding archive copies of data ...

DVD-RAM Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Akai Sampler files convert to PC Wav files

A MO disk from an Akai Music sampler that needed the music files transferred off to USB drive.
Convert Akai Music Sampler (3000xl etc) to Windows PC Wave files

Akai Sampler MO Disk, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
... A frequent request is to transfer music audio sound sample files to Wav from back-up disks eg Floppy or MO disks to Windows PC or Mac ...

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Convert Word Perfect to Microsoft Word

Word Perfect Files being converted to Microsoft Office Word for Windows or Apple Mac.
Open Word Perfect Files in Microsoft Word

Word Perfect Files, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, UK.
... Usually these older files are archived on floppy disks, particularly the 5.25 inch variety ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


EZ135 mb Syquest Removable Cartridge Transfer to CD

A Syquest EZ135 135mb disk with archive files ready for transfer to CD or USB.
EZ135 135mb Removable Cartridge File Transfer to CD

EZ135 Syquest Disks, Southall , Middlesex, UK.
... Later an EZDrive was offered with the uprated 230MB EZFlyer disks ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Read or Open Files on Old Optical Discs (Gigamo)

A MO disk by Verbatim ready to have it's files read and transferred to USB. The metal slider cover has been opened to show light diffraction from the disk surface.
Read Data and Open Files from Old Gigamo Optical Discs

3.5 MO disks, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK.
... We can recover data files from old 3.5 inch discs referred to as GIGAMO ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


100MB ZIP disc Super-BASE file recovery

A Zip100 disc which held a copy of Superbase database that needed rescue after the computer failed to recognise the disk in the drive.
ZIP 100mb SuperBase database recovery transfer to CD

Zip Disc, Bromley, Kent, UK.
... This was a step up from the larger 44mb and 88mb Syquest drives available at the time ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac DS DD 1.0MB Floppy disc transfer documents to PC CD

Transferring Word Documents from Apple Mac Floppy Disc.
Apple Mac Floppy Disc Word Document transfer to CD

Mac Floppy Disk Word Files, Brent, London, UK.
... The data files were originally typed up onto an Apple Mac around 1992 ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Floppy Disks not mounting on Mac Desktop

Data Recovery from an Apple MAc floppy disk that would not mount on the Desktop.
Corrupt Floppy disc not mounting on desktop

Corrupt Floppy Disk, Basingstoke, Hants, UK.
... We can usually extract sufficient text or documents from such floppy disks to enable the files to be reconstructed. ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk corrupt files not mounting on desktop

File recovery from a Superdisk that no longer mounted on the Apple Mac desktop.
Superdisk file recovery not mounting on desktop

SuperDisk not Mounting on Mac, Richmond, London, UK.
... That's what happened to the owner of a Superdisk which would not mount on the Mac Desktop due to corruption of disk media ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Philips DVD Recorder unplayable DVD-RW

A DVD from a Philips DVD recorder showing up as unplayable can still have it's video data recovered.
Error DVD-RW on Philips DVD Recorder

Philips DVD Recorder, Washington DC, , USA.
... However sudden power failure during recording live movie on the Philips DVD Recorder resulted in an unplayable disk ...

DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest 44mb 88mb 5.25 inch data recovery

A Syquest 44mb data cartridge. The disk is 5.25 inches square.
Old Syquest 5.25 inch file transfer to CD

5.25 Syquest Disks, Chorley, Lancashire, UK.
... But no-one says how long the future should last ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Supercalc conversion to Excel Spreadsheet

Supercalc files being converted to Microsoft Excel.
Convert SuperCalc to Microsoft Excel

Supercalc Spreadsheet to Excel, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
... However with the demise of DOS in most business areas The documents that were made under it lie unused - but may still be valuable ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Transfer files from 5.25 inch MO discs 5.2 GB and 2.3 GB

Transferring images from a 5.25 inch MO disk.
5 1/4 inch MO discs file transfer

5.25 MO Disks, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK.
... The discs are made by Verbatim, Maxoptic, Sony to mention a few ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Jaz Disk Transfer to DVD

A Jaz disk about to have it's files transferred to USB or DVD.
Iomega Jaz Disk File Recovery to DVD

Jaz Disk, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, UK.
... However often the drives require SCSI connections not readily available on many modern Mac's ...

Jaz Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple Mac Syquest Disk file transfer

A Syquest disk that has been used in an Apple Mac. This particular disk is 230mb as used in the EZFlyer drives.
Syquest Discs from old Apple Mac

Apple SyQuest Disc, Birmingham, , UK.
... However they still contain valuable data and files that often needed on modern projects or for modification of old design drawings ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Panasonic Superdisk camera photo recovery

A Superdisk that was used to store photos in a Panasonic Camera.
Superdisk Photo recovery from Panasonic PV-SD4090 and PV-SD5000

Camera Superdisks Phot Files, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK.
... We recently recovered jpeg files from a Canadian who could no longer access the disk to retrieve the images ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover old CNC machine data from corrupt 5.25 inch Floppy disks

A CNC machine 5.25 inch floppy disk used to control machining patterns, but now requiring data recovery.
5.25 inch floppy disks read old cnc machine data files

CNC Machine Floppy Disk Files, Cannock, Staffordshire, UK.
... We recently got disks from a Siemens Sinumerik control system used on a CNC Gear Hobbing Machine ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Trouble reading or copying files from CD or DVD

Analysis of CD and DVD that are slow to read and show the files and folders and also had trouble copying data to the computer can be recovered.
Difficult reading data from CD or DVD, or computer hangs during copying

CD slow reading, Eastleigh, Hants, UK.
... Sometimes files and folders are shown but the computer hangs or copies files very slowly, or stops half way through reading files ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Recover Images and Text from corrupt files

Recovering Word Documents from a ZIP disk.
Recover Photos and Text from corrupt Word Document

Corrupt Files, London, , UK.
... This is what one insurance company found after a report was saved to a ZIP disk a few years ago ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest Apple Mac Disk transfer files to CD

An 88mb syquest disk that stored files from an old Mac computer.
Read old Apple Mac Syquest Disks to CD

Mac Syquest Disc, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... The Syquest disks still hold much useful data from the past and frequently we recover Apple Mac files and documents stored on these Syquest data cartridges, often restoring the files to CD or DVD for use in modern Mac and PC's without Syquest Drives. ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


PC-Doc-SE 9.1GB MO Disk Data Transfer

A Magneto Optical Disk that was used to store scanned documents is shown with it's slider cover open and ready for data recovery to DVD.
PC-Doc-SE 9.1GB MO disks file recovery transfer

PC-Doc MO disks, London N4, London N4, UK.
... The files are often stored on 9.1GB MO Disks (MOD) and as happened in the latest project they were to be transferred to a NAS device for easy distribution to the company ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


ZIP disk file recovery

A Zip100 disk that had its files saved after becoming corrupt.
ZIP100 disk with files not properly saved to media or corrupt

Zip Disks, London, , UK.
... You often only find out later that the files won't open correctly ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Old Floppy MO Syquest disk transfer to CD DVD

Transferring data and files from old legacy 5.25 floppy disks.
Vintage / old Floppy MO Syquest disk transfer to CD DVD

Floppy Disk Conversion, Bolton, Lancashire, UK.
... SyQuest Disk Cartridge and MO File Transfer to CD DVD include Gigamo File Transfer ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple Mac OS X-Server defunct raid data recovery

Recovering data from Apple Mac X-Server failed raid hard disk drives showing defunct or offline.
Mac OS-X X-Server defunct raid hdd file data recovery

Mac OSX Server Raid, Inverness, , SCOTLAND.
... Sometimes it shows hard disk drives (HDD) as defunct or offline ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Verbatim and Philips re-writeable MO disk transfer

A Verbatim MO rewritable MO disk that was sent for transfer of it's files and data.
Verbatim and Philips re-optical MO disk file transfer

Apple Mac MO disks, Liverpool, , UK.
... The drives for these are no longer made ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Trouble reading Superdisk files

A SuperDisk that had problems opening and reading files in the computer.
Problem copying files from Superdisk

Corrupt Superdisk, Islington, London, UK.
... A disk was sent to us when the computer user had trouble opening files and problems in reading files from the removable media ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Extract Files from Ditto Tape Cartridge

A 2GB ditto cartridge made by Sony that was sent in for files to be extracted to DVD and USB drives.
Extract Ditto Tape Cartridge files

Ditto Tapes, Dukinfield, Cheshire, UK.
... The Ditto tape drives are no longer made ...

Ditto Tape Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Trouble copying or accessing files

Windows Explorer going very slowly to display files due to poor sector reading from the hard disk - bad areas developing on the hard drive.
Problem accessing or slow copying files and folders

Slow Files and Folders, Bicester, Oxfordshire, UK.
... This sometimes happens after the computer is shut down unexpectedly from a power cut ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


DVD-RAM Type1 Cartridge transfer to DVD

Data being transferred from DVD-RAM cartridge Type 1. Also Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 dvd-ram can have their files transferred.
Type-1 DVD-RAM Caddy file data transfer to DVD

DVD-RAM Type1 Disk, Birmingham, , UK.
... We recently received an Apple Mac Formatted TDK 5.2GB double-sided DVD-RAM Type-1 Caddy Cartridge style disk containing Backup Archive data ...

DVD-RAM Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Floppy Disk requesting format - data recovery

Recovery of Sage files from floppy disk.
Data Recovery Floppy Disk showing unformatted

Floppy Disk requesting Format, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
... When inserted into the computer floppy drive the disk requested format and could not be opened ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


DVD-RAM cartridge Type-1 5.2GB File Transfer

Transferring Apple Mac DVD-RAM to USB or DVD.
Mac DVD-RAM cartridge data transfer to dvd

DVD-RAM Disk from Apple Mac, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.
... However we transfer files from such disks for PC and Apple Mac Formatted types including 5.2GB double-sided Type-I Backup / Archive transfer to DVD-R ...

DVD-RAM Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Old Syquest disk transfer to CD DVD

Old Syquest disk that was used in a vintage pc. The owner now required it to be read and files converted for a Windows PC.
Vintage / old Syquest disk transfer to CD DVD

Old Syquest Disk, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... We transfer the files / data to CD ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Old ZIP disk convert to CD DVD

A CD and Zip Drive shown together ready for transfer of files and data.
Vintage / old ZIP disk convert to CD DVD

Zip Disks, Horsham, West Sussex, UK.
... File conversion from these zip disks to CD and DVD are undertaken by Apex Data Recovery ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac CD data recovery not mounting on desktop

This CD or DVD had trouble mounting on a Mac. The Mac just showed the spinning beachball when trying to access the disk.
CD DVD Apple Mac disk not mounting desktop file data recovery

Mac CD corrupt, Weybridge, London, UK.
... It will have trouble displaying files and folders on the disk and often leave the spinning ball when trying to mount the disk on the desktop. ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Multi-Session CD DVD recovery

The CD and DVD laser attemting to read a multi-session CD or DVD. Sometimes disks that have been created in a multisession will not display all the files and folders on the CD or DVD, and hence needed their files recovering.
Recover file data multi-session CD DVD

Multisession CD and DVD, London, , UK.
... Others include CeQuadrat Packet CD , Pinnacle Instant-Write, Prassi, Veritas, Sonic DLA, NTI FileCD, BHA B's CLiP ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac Word Processor files Apple Floppy recover to Windows PC

Word Processor files being retrieved from Apple Floppy disk.
Recover Apple Mac Word Processor files from floppy to PC

Mac Word Processor Files, Leek, Staffordshire, UK.
... We recently recovered a manuscript for an Australian Professor that was written in the early 1990's ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk transfer to CD for QA data retention

A SuperDisk requiring file transfer to CD.
Superdisk transfer to CD for Quality Assurance Data Storage

Superdisks, London, , UK.
... The CAD drawings and spreadsheets required transferring to CD or USB memory stick so that the data could be accessed and read ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Superdisk files convert to CD

A Superdisk shown together with a CD. Superdisk conversions are now becoming more popular when saved to USB flash memory.
Convert Superdisk Data Files to CD

Superdisk Files, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, UK.
... This includes disks by Imation, Panasonic, Maxell, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Intel and IBM ...

SuperDisk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Windows Blue Screen boot up data recovery

The BSOD blue screen of death is shown and occurs in Windows when it crashes and needs data recovering.
Windows BSOD computer not booting up

Windows Blue Screen Error, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK.
... We have recently seen an influx of SATA hard drives and RAID-0 systems failing to boot u due to this error ...

Disk and File Conversion Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Mac Tape File Transfer

Transferring a Retrospect backup archive from tapes that were originally written under mac OS9.
Mac Retrospect Tape File Transfer

Retrospect Backup Tapes, Birmingham University, West Midlands, UK.
... However with the cheapness of hard drives and optical media, many older tape drives are no longer in use or companies find themselves without the expertise to operate them ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


File Transfer Mac ClarisWorks files from Floppy Disks

Conversion and Transfer of old clarisworks text and spreadsheet documents and storing files on modern USB or CD.
Transfer ClarisWorks Files from Apple Mac Floppy disks

ClarisWorks File Conversion, Birmingham, , UK.
... These disk belong to older vintage Macintosh computers ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Formac not mounting on desktop - data recovery

Recovery if data from a Formac Firewire drive used on an Apple Mac.
Data recovery Formac partition lost not mounting on desktop

Formac External Firewire Disk, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND.
... We sometimes receive calls of either a missing lost partition, the drive remains silent and not spinning up when powered, or that the drive is not mounting on the desktop ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Data Transfer from 230MB Sony M.O. Disk

A Sony EDM-230B MO disk that had been used to store photos and now undergoing transfer of data to CD.
Data Transfer 3.5inch Sony M.O. Disk EDM

Sony MO disk, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
... Disk EDM-230B ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest 270mb 3.5 inch disk data transfer to CD

A Syquest 270mb removable cartridge that was sent for conversion from Apple Mac to Windows Computer.
Syquest 3.5 Removable Cartridge file data transfer

SyQuest 270MB, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
... No one thought they would need it until they did, and then they did not have a suitable Syquest 3.5 inch drive to transfer to Syquest to CD ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest 200mb Removable Disk download data to CD

A 200mb Syquest disk cartridge having its files downloaded to DVD.
Download Syquest Removable Cartridge to Apple Mac DVD disk

Syquest 200mb disk, Southall , Middlesex, UK.
... The disk read ok but they had no way of reading it - old Syquest drives have not been made for many years ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


88MB Syquest Disk Data Recovery

Data Recovery from an 88mb Syquest Removable Cartridge.
Syquest 88mb Removable Cartridge Data Recovery

SyQuest 88mb Disk, Birmingham, , UK.
... One University Geography and Earth Sciences department suddenly needed ground survey data stored on an old 5.25 inch 130mm Syquest Removable Data Cartridge but had no Syquest drive to read the data ...

Syquest Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Gigamo 90mm MO disk data file transfer

A Gigamo disk in our lab ready for data transfer to USB flash drive.
Gigamo Data Recovery File Transfer to CD DVD

Gigamo Disk, Crewe, Cheshire, UK.
... The drives have SCSI interface - something which is less common in work-horse PC's and Macs today, having been taken over by SATA ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Supercalc floppy disk convert to Excel

Supercalc spreadsheets being recovered from 5.25 floppy disk and converted to Microsoft Excel office.
Supercalc convert to Excel file held on DOS floppy disk

Supercalc Floppy Disk, Wrexham, Wales, UK.
... We have successfully recovered Supercalc files and transferred them to CD for several large engineering firms ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


5.25 floppy disk transfer to CD for QA data retention

Disk Imaging for Data Retention from old floppy disks to meet quality assurance standards.
5.25 floppy disk transfer to CD for Quality Assurance Data Storage

5.25 Floppies, Brussels, , BELGIUM.
... There were about 70 disks a mixture of DS-HD and DS-DD 5.25 inch vintage disks which were required for Data Retention Quality Assurance Requirements BS5750 ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Unreadable Legacy 5.25-inch floppy disks Lotus Symphony

Unreadable 5.25inch floppy disks having Lotus Symphony files and data recovered.
Unreadable old DS-DD 5.25-inch floppys with Lotus Symphony

5.25 inch Floppy Disk, Liverpool, , UK.
... Some similar disks in the group were readable recently with a 5.25 inch drive ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


DS-HD Floppy Data Download to CD

Downloading files from 1.2MB DS HD (high density) floppy disk.
1.2MB Floppy DS-HD 5.25 inch file data download to CD

HD Floppy Disk, Madrid, , SPAIN.
... A building was to be extended and to save money the old Survey and CAD data stored on 1.2MB Floppy disks was to be re-used ...

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Data Recovery merging 2 floppies to make one good file

Combining and merging the data from 2 floppy disks in order to produce one good file. An old software program was resued from 2 identical but faulty disks with bad sectors. The Good sectors from each disk were read ok then merged together to make a complete working copy of the program.
Rebuild File from merge of 2 identical 5.25 Floppy disks to make one good file

Combine 2 Corrupt Files, Johannesburg, , SOUTH AFRICA.
... So it was for a Dubai Consultant who needed a palette loading program extracted from a 1.2mb (1.6mb un-formatted) DS-HD floppy disk ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Jaz 2GB Disk download to DVD

A 2GB Jaz Disk that was used in an Apple Mac scsi drive, and now ready for downloading the information to a DVD.
2GB Jaz disk file data download to DVD

2GB Jaz Disks, Wrexham, , WALES.
... There are still many in circulation but the access to working ZIP or Jaz drives is diminishing ...

Jaz Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Jaz 1GB Disk data transfer

This 1GB Jaz disk was used in an Apple Mac and sent to us for transferring the data to DVD or USB.
1GB JAZ disk file transfer to DVD

1GB Jaz Disks, Hastings, East Sussex, UK.
... We often receive disks from the 90's used by Apple Mac users which we transfer data to DVD for use in modern Macs. ...

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ZIP 750mb disk trouble copying files - data recovery

A Zip 750mb disk which will undergo data recovery to a CD. The 750MB is the largest disk Iomega produced, but was not that popular as CD writers became more popular.
750mb ZIP trouble copying files - data recovery to CD

750mb Zip disk, Congleton, Cheshire, UK.
... This faced strong competition from the optical CD storage drives ...

Zip Disk Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Syquest file transfer and data recovery

An 88mb 5.25 inch Syquest Data Cartridge.
File Transfer Data Recovery old Syquest Disks

Syquest 88mb disk, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
... SyQuest SyJet up to 1.5GB SQ1500 Disk Cartridge, SyQuest Sparq up to 1.0GB Disk Cartridge ...

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Syquest 270MB 105MB disks data recovery

A syquest 3.5inch 270mb data cartridge sent to us for file transfer.
Syquest 3.5 inch 270mb 105mb disks download files to CD

Syquest Disks 270MB and 105MB, Wrexham, , UK.
... The 270mb and 105mb 3.5-inch versions were competitors to Bernoulli (Iomega) 44 MB and Ricoh 50 MB cartridge ...

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Apple Format DVD-RAM cartridge type 2 file recovery

Type 2 DVD-RAM from an Apple Mac with cover opened.
Mac DVD-RAM type II data recovery to DVD

DVD-RAM Disk from Apple Mac, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK.
... We have received a number of Apple Mac DVD-RAM typeII cartridges which we have transferred to DVD for use in the customers modern Apple Macs. ...

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DVD-RAM Type II Cartridge transfer to DVD

DVD-RAM 4.7gb cartridge ready for data transfer.
DVD-RAM Type 2 Cartridge transfer to DVD

DVD-RAM Type2 Disk, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
... We can transfer the DVD-RAM Type-2 disks to DVD for use in more conventional DVD readers and players. ...

DVD-RAM Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Magneto-Optical MO disk file recovery to CD or DVD

A Magneto Optical disk made by Philips stored in it's orginal jewel case shortly before having it's archive files recovered.
Philips MO disk data transfer to CD or DVD

Philips MO disk, Perth, , SCOTLAND.
... The disks still read ok - we often find this type of media does store data reliably, it was just they did not have access to an Magneto-Optical drive to extract the data. ...

MO Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple Mac-Write floppy disk transfer to Windows PC

MacWrite files being transferred from Apple Mac floppy disk.
Recover mac-write files from floppy to PC

MacWrite Files Conversion, Chiswick, London W4, UK.
... We recently recovered a book a Professor in Australia was writing in the early 1990's ...

Floppy Disk Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


500GB Lacie d2 Quadra Hard Drive Data Recovery

A Lacie D2 firewire hard disk being recovered to a USB hard drive.
Data Recovery Lacie d2 Quadra HDD

Lacie D2 Quadra, Manchester, , UK.
... It includes a Shortcut Button to start any application and is bundled with EMC Retrospect backup and recovery software for Windows and Apple Mac OS. ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Pioneer 16-layer read-only DVD reaches 400gb

Blu Ray disk data recovery.
Pioneer read-only DVD data recovery

Pioneer DVD, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK.
... Its per-layer capacity is 25GB, equal to Blu-ray Disc (BD) ...

CD and DVD Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


3ware Sidecar for Apple Mac G5 SATA RAID recovery

Data being recovered from 3Ware SATA Raid Hard Drives.
AMCC 3ware Sidecar SATA RAID Mac rebuild data recovery

Mac Sata Raid Hard Drives, Manchester, , UK.
... It is a SATA II hardware RAID including a 4-port PCI Express to SATA II controller in a 4-bay desktop enclosure. ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Apple Mac Data Recovery HFS and HFS+ File Systems

Recovering data from Apple Mac iBook, G3, G4 and G5 computers.
Apple Mac HFS HFS+ data recovery

Apple Mac HFS Formatted Disk, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK.
... Whether you own a Mac G3, G4, G5 or you lost your data on CD DVD USB or Firewire device, we have the equipment to bring your data back ...

Hard Disk Drive Transfer Lab. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Visupac 5.2GB MO Disk Data Transfer

MO disks from a Zeiss Visupac PACs DICOM system for migration. The data is being read off the MO disks to USB hard disk or CD, DVD.
Visupac MO disk file transfer recovery

Visupac MO disk, Chatham Gillingham, Kent, UK.
... These MO discs are part of a proprietary visual health system ...

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Transfer Retrospect backup from AIT Tape Data Cartridge

A Sony SDX1-35C tape that was used to store Quark and Image files from an Apple Mac. The tape was used with Retrospect to backup data from an Apple Mac running OS9 and OSX and needed the files to be restored to hard drive.
Recovery files from AIT Tape Retrospect backup

Mac AIT Tapes Retrospect OS9, Whitchurch, Shropshire, UK.
... They required the Quark and image files transferring from it ...

Tape Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Ditto Tape conversion transfer and file extraction

A Ditto Max tape cartridge made by Iomega, including Flash-File logo. Later these tapes were made by Tecmar, but we can recover the files from them. We can also re-attached the tapes when they have become de-spooled from the reel.
Ditto Tape conversion transfer and file extraction

Ditto-Max Tapes, Milton Keynes, , UK.
... The service includes cases for re-spooling tapes when the tape has become detached from the drive wheel or hub ...

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Convert Unix tape to CD

A Unix tape that was made by 3M, model DC6150. This QIC-150 cartridge held CAD drawings that needed to be extracted and saved to a CD.
Unix tape convert to CD or DVD

Unix Backup Tape , Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... They no longer had a Unix computer system or QIC tape player to extract the data ...

Tape Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


QIC Tape Lost or Forgotten Password Data Recovery

A QIC-80 tape cartridge with it's outer case removed exposing the tape reel mechanisms. These small tapes were often used in HP Colorado Backup, Windows 95, 98 backups, Seagate and Backpack we have been able to recover the files even when the password was forgotten or the drive belt snapped.
QIC Tape Cartridge Data Recovery - Forgotten Password

QIC Tapes, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.
... Such tapes were often used on Windows (possibly NT 4 or Windows 95 / 98), the software that wrote the data to the QIC80 tape may be HP Colorado, BackPack by Micro Solutions and many others ...

Tape Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


Restore Retrospect Apple Mac backup / archive tapes

A set of DLT backup tapes that had been used with Retrospect backup software on an Apple Mac computer. We also recover Retrospect tapes like 4mm DAT, and AIT.
Extract files from Apple Mac Retrospect backup tapes

Retrospect Backup Tape, Birkirkara, , MALTA.
... We can restore the files from Retrospect tapes used on Mac OS9 and OSX ...

Tape Transfer Laboratory. Click Image to read full Disk Conversions & Transfer article


AIX CPIO tape file transfer to CD

A DC6150 tape used in AIX Unix system undergoing file transfer. The tape needed files restoring via CPIO backup program.
IBM 6150 AIX cpio backup tape files to CD

AIX Backup Tapes CPIO, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND.
... The other day we received IBM 6150 Tape Data Cartridges from 1994.Similar tapes are made by Graham Magnetics (Epoch DC), 3M & Verbatim DC 6150 ...

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Colorado Tape copy files to CD

An HP Colorado backup tape that was used in Tracker Jumbo and Surestor cassette drives. These were re-badged QIC Mini-Cartridge with capacity 250mb and 680mb and can be read to USB, CD, DVD or hard drive.
HP Colorado Tape Cassettes copy files

Colorado Tape, Panama City, , PANAMA.
... We can recover the files from these QIC and Travan cartridges and transfer them to CD for reading on modern Mac or Windows PCs. ...

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Audio DAT Tape Convert to Wav files

A Maxell Audio DAT cassette with music recordings that needed to be converted to CD or USB drive.
Transfer Audio DAT to CD

Audio DAT Tapes, Sandbach, Cheshire, UK.
... Tapes are often 60 or 90 minutes in length and recorded to a 4 mm magnetic tape contained in a casstte cartridge ...

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LTO Ultrium Tape Transfer

An LTO Ultrium tape drive front face in black used to read LTO1, LTO2 and LTO3 data cartridges and save files to a hard drive.
LTO Ultrium Tape Data Recovery

LTO tapes, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
... The service includes LTO1 LTO2 LTO3 LTO-1 LTO-2 LTO-3 data cartridges. ...

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AIX and Sun Sparcstation Tape file recovery transfer

An old 5.25 inch tape cartridge by Verbatim shown against a blue background. This tape was used in Sun Sparc stations and AIX computers. We can dump and restore tar archives from the tpaes to USB, hard drive, CD, or DVD.
File Recovery from AIX and Sun Sparcstation tapes

AIX and Sun Tapes, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK.
... We can read and recover the files from these tapes created by tar, dump and restore them to a CD, DVD or hard drisk drive. ...

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Apple Mac OS9 Retrospect Tape Data Transfer

Retrospect tapes being restored to disks.
OS9 Retrospect Apple Mac Tape Transfer files

Retrospect Tape from Mac, Consultant Cadbury-Schweppes PLC, Edgbaston, UK.
... With the lowering of hard drive prices smaller users have given up their tape back-up drives ...

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Restore Archive Tape Backup files

A tape with the top cover removed and showing the reels. We can restore or dump files from tapes and save them to USB, or hard disk.
Restore Backup Tape Archive files and data

Archive Tapes, St Albans, Herts, UK.
... Data Cassettes are often archived using backup software. ...

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AIT Data Cartridge Tape File Transfer

An AIT tape drive used to transfer data files back to hard drives or USB disks. This particular drive is made by Sony and accepts AIT Turbo, AIT-E, AIT1 AIT2 and AIT3 cartridges.
AIT Computer Tape file data conversion

AIT Tapes, Stockton-on-Tees , Teesside, UK.
... Such tapes were supplied by Sony, Maxell, Compaq Storageworks, & HP ...

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Arkeia DAT tape file data recovery

A DAT tape which was used in a HP Proliant server running Ubuntu Linux Arkeia backup software, and needed files retrieved to USB hard drive.
Arkeia Backup DAT tape recover files & data

DAT Tapes by Arkeia Backup, Enfield, Essex, UK.
... We recently received backup Arkeia tapes to retrieve files from ...

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HP Colorado Trakker Jumbo data transfer

A QIC minicartridge travan tape used in conjunction with HP Colorado Backup software to save files that now need to be read and saved to USB disk.
File Transfer HP Colorado Jumbo Trakker tape to CD DVD

HP Colorado Tapes, Attica, , GREECE.
... HP Colorado Backup software was used to provide data compression ...

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Sun Solaris Exabyte Mammoth Tape data recovery

A Dysan Exabyte Mammoth 8mm tape used on a Sun Solaris. The software used to back data up to the tape was unknown but we managed to read the low level data to work out it was saved using ufs-dump facility. So we used ufs-restore to extract the files to USB hard drive and DVD.
Mammoth Exabyte Sun Solaris ufsdump tape data recovery to DVD

Exabyte Tapes, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
... A client had such a 2.3GB Dysan Exabyte tape written with ufsdump under Sun Solaris Operating System (OS) ...

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UNIX QIC Travan tape data transfer to CD

A QIC travan tape used in a Unix system to operate CNC machine.. The files were stored using tar so we restored them to a CD and made the files readable on a Windows PC.
QIC Travan 150mb tape Unix data transfer to CD

QIC Travan Tapes, Battersea, London, UK.
... An engineering company had CNC machine data stored via Unix system to QIC tapes using TAR program but now found themselves without a UNIX system, tape drive and someone to operate it all! ...

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Quantum DLT Tape File Transfer to DVD

A series of DLT tapes shown lined up in a row. The tapes were used with Retrospect on an old Apple Mac under OS9 software. They had their data read and transferred to DVD and USB hard disk.
DLT tape Retrospect backup transfer files to DVD

DLT Tapes, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
... The design of the tape drive was such to minimize wear on the tape and they have provided a reliable removable storage media ...

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Design CAD data DAT Tape download to DVD

A DAT tape shown at an angle to the camera. The original computer system or software was unknown but it held some vital CAD drawings that needed to be downloaded to USB.
DAT Tape AutoCAD files download to DVD

DAT Tapes, Chichester, Sussex, UK.
... A CAD design company near Leeds found it had to do modifications on an old CAD files steelwork design drawings archived on DAT tape which they did not know the computer or software used to store the data ...

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DC-6150 QIC-150 6

A DC6150 Tape by 3M shown with it's cassette cartridge cover. This tape was used in a Unix/Linux computer system to back files up but the client no longer had the reader to extract the data, but needed it saving to a Windows PC USB.
Convert Unix DC-6150 QIC Tape to CD

Unix DC-6050 Tape, London, , UK.
... They no longer had a Unix system or tape reader to extract the data ...

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Disk Transfer and Conversions

Disk Transfer and Conversions problems that we recover data from are listed below.
Disk Conversion Transfer File Recovery Repair Read Files Data.
Reviews of our file and data transfer from disks and tapes. We can also extract files from optical disks with unknown filesystems and disks that appear to be blank or empty..