MO Disk Data Recovery, OMuzik, Detroit, Michigan, USA., ....I contacted Data Recovery Services from the USA (Detroit) as I could not find any US company that could (or would be willing) to retrieve medical image data from an old magneto-optical drive....
SCSI Hard Drives from CNC machines, MChadwick, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, ....Very efficient & professional throughout the fast process....
Old MO disk transfer, MEady, York, Yorkshire, ....Lacking access to drive units, I needed help to transfer files from an old MO disk and various Iomega ZIP disks....
Freehand Files from MO disk, PhilLee, London SW18, ....The disks were Philips Magneto Optical Disk Rewritable PDO 512 Bytes/Sector MO 650 5.25 inch 130mm....
DVD-RAM Type 1 disk, ASanchez, Canning Town, London, ....Disk needed transfer to another medium eg USB stick....
3 inch Amstrad PCW Word Processor disk, PaulAuber, Leeds, ....The Floppies were from an Amstrad PCW word processor....
Magneto Optical transfer (Sony EDM-2600-C), 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, ....High responsiveness....
Jim Preen,, Panasonic Word Processor, London., ....The client required us to convert what’s on them into a Word document....
Jaz Disk., Chris Porter, Bognor Regis, West Sussex., ....I had a Jaz disc from 2000 that I needed to retrieve the data from....
JOSE A PÉREZ V, JOSE A PÉREZ, CARTAGENA (MURCIA), SPAIN , ....The disks are in good condition but I don't have a disk reader....
John Atherton, Juno Records Download, London , ....The files were made in Lotus Symphony ( WR1 WR2 file extension) and Lotus 1-2-3 (for DOS) WKS files....
Tom Rothrock, Tom Rothrock, Leicester, ....Each of the four discs contains one art project....
PShirley, Phil Shirley, Crewe, ....I needed to extract word documents from 3 old 3.5in 1.44 HD floppy discs....
LCrummay, Neptune Sonar Ltd, Driffield, Yorkshire, ....That's superb, many thanks for your efforts.....
GMcDougal, Thame, Oxfordshire, ....Thanks so much for sending these two files....
University of Manchester, Manchester., ....The floppy disk spec was Single Sided Double Density SS DD 26 sectors per track, 77 tracks, 256 bytes 128 bytes per sector ....
Dr R.Keatle, Paddington, London, ....These Magneto Optical disks were storing DICOM files from a Philips Select CT scanner which was a re-badged Marconi....
KDeem, Fox Entertainment, California, USA, ....The computer perished long ago and most documents were never printed or transferred....
Anon, Birmingham University, ....The files were mainly written in Amstrad Locoscript and required converting to Microsoft Word for editing....
AVine, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, ....The disk may have been used in an Apple Mac computer....
KSuch, Telford, Shropshire, ....The Panasonic KX-WL50 was used as and electronic typewriter and had LCD display with work saved to floppy disk....
BHoltblad, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, ....They were all MAC floppies....
ASmith, San Francisco, CA USA , ....The disk contained Claris Works documents and the customer no longer had a compatible floppy disk drive....
AMcardle, Aberdeen University, Scotland, ....All fine....
TLongBotham, Moog Controls Limited, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, ....Some floppies were cpm operating system and some BBC micro computer floppies....
NLee, Oleana Ltd, Norway, ....Tried running scandisk on the disk in windows but this made it a whole lot worse! Passed the disk to Apex for recovery....
TMebane, National Oilwell Varco, Texas, USA, ....No device to read these discs so needed transfer of files to say CD or DVD....
AMacDowel, Oxford, ....There were thousands of Apple PICT files requiring a batch converter - thank you for the conversion which saved us many days work.....
MKeeler, Binghampton, New York, USA, ....I had tried on an old computer and an old ditto drive but no luck....
RFur, Croydon, Kent, ....We wanted to extract the images to jpeg from the video since the original pictures were lost....
DCrawfrod, St Petersburg, Florida, ....The files need to be converted to text suitable for a Windows PC computer....
ALinnick, Brent, London, ....The documents were written in mac word and clarisworks....
PRummel, Chelmsford, Essex, ....We no longer had the Superdisk drive and also required conversion of the file data to Microsoft Word for editing....
Hiles, Scarborough, ....Required transfer contents to a CD....
DGrossman, Chicago, Illinois, USA, ....The filesystem was corrupt although the raw disk data was readable....
National Maritime Museum, London, ....This was a very old database application software which needed to be transferred off the floppy disks and converted for opening on a PC say as text , excel spreadsheet or csv....
TLane, Oxford, ....Over the years we lost SCSI facility during computer upgrades so we could no longer connect the Jaz Drive to Winows computer....
MBrowne, St Andrews, Guernsey, ....The video data worked over a year ago when it was recorded from VHS to DVD+R fine on all types of players....
HLoxdale, Jena, Germany, ....Many thanks indeed....
DLoftis, Battersea, London, ....The Disk icon failed to show up on Mac Desktop however it sounds normal operation....
RJames, New York, USA, ....I no longer had the Superdisk drive so could not read the Superdisk, and needed these files converted to a CD so I could access them....
PBlanckhaert, Brussels, Belgium, ....They were previously used on an Apple Mac....
NLee, Espeland, Norway, ....(Apex advice was not to let Check Disk run)....
JLovell, Perth, Australia, ....The QIC files stored many files and folders and these needed to be extracted so they could be restored on to a Mac computer to allow Word for Mac to open them....
JHowley, Watford, ....I had recently backed up several files (using Windows 98SE and One-Step Backup) to two ZIP 100 disks....
AScicluna, Birkirkara, MALTA, ....The reflective side of the CD appears to be ok - just scratched top side....
DDinham, National Library, Scotland, ....I suspect it's 800k....
CPike, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, ....Needed to recover old Microsoft MS Word Files to be used on modern Word version....
DJensen, Winside, NE, USA, ....Then LS-120 120mb Superdisk required transfer of photo image files and data to CD so it could be used in a Windows PC as no Superdisk drive was available....
MStocks, Reading University, Reading UK, ....Just to confirm we received the package today....
AMacQueen, Oxfordshire County Council, ....Disks contained photographs in an old Apple Mac System and now preferably to be used in MS Windows System.Required to transfer or copy the files to CD or DVD....
KRodgers, Manchester, ....files which needed conversion into readable files on a Windows XP PC computer....
LBoardman, Alylesbury, Buckinghamshire, ....I needed the stuff from an old iomega ZIP 100 disc on to a cd so that files can be downloaded to laptop computer.Many thanks (for the recovery).....
PWarburton, Yarm, Stockton On Tees, ....Thank you very much indeed for the data which arrived on Saturday....
Adempster, Perth Scotland, ....The Monitor screen failed therefore could not use the computer - required transfer to a pc compatible cd disc....
Dparsons, Swindon, ....I had not accessed the disks in 15 or so years!!! They were Single Sided Double Density 180kb disks (the physical disk was DS/DD 500kb/360kb) written on an external Cumana 5.25 inch floppy drive drive....
Cburness, Inverness, Scotland, ....Have tried on a USB floppy but cannot open the file....
RBuffett, Strategic Design Alliance, Leeds, ....Thanks for such a prompt response to this work.....
Rgoldstein, Melbourne Beach, Florida USA, ....It recognizes in Win Server 2003 and my disc showed on the first go....
Sbright, London, ....The .DSS / Wav (wave/sound) files were mistakenly deleted....
DDiggle, St Helier, Jersey, ....The disk now shows no videos....
SKoutros, Schiedam, The Netherlands, ....Just wanted to let you know that I just received the package....
JTaylor, London. WC2H, ....The Apple Mac exploded and had the contents stored on the floppy disks....
ALord, Reading, ....These disks have 10 sectors per track used in Kaypro machines of the early 1980s from Non-Linear Systems....
DZeitlin, University of Kent, ....Strictly not MO but early DVDRAM....
CBurness, Inverness, Scotland, ....Have tried on a USB floppy but cannot open the file....
RClagu, Isle of Man, ....However the drive was no longer working/available....
FPorter, Paignton, Devon, ....Unable to access the files atall,....
MLyons, Flagship Ltd, Belfast, ....We have received the dvd this morning, I have checked the disc and it now reads fine and we have access to the data again......
TCook, Birmingham, ....These drives are no longer made so required to convert/transfer the files and data to say a CD or DVD for use in modern computers or Windows PCs....
GAlhadef, London. N16, ....The files were copied to CD and converted from Word Perfect to Micorsoft Word....
DJackson, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, ....All files from apple mac classic hard disc....
MAlyedress, Hemel Hempstead, Buckinghamshire, ....and Philips 1.3GB discs....
BChatterton, Montegabbione, Italy, ....Seems to be about 99% recovery (in fact we have only found one disrupted file so far) which is terrific....
GBitchner, Bath, Somerset, ....We required to transfer all files from the SQ400 44mb disk to cd....
JHapich, Cambridge, ....CD scratched and would only show empty folder - no files.Thank you for your confirmation on the recovery....
RGoldsteen, West Melborne, Palm Bay, Florida USA., ....It was recognizes in Win Server 2003 and disc showed on the first go....
ARatclife, Kent, ....Many thanks....
RGuthrie, Advanced Technologies and Services Inc, New Jersey, USA, ....A clone of the disk was produced as a file for further processing (proprietary format)....
SBevan, IMGMedia, Chiswick. London. W4, ....The disks have just arrived on my desk....
JMacpherson, West Ross. Scotland IV54, ....Apex Downloaded images off the disk onto a cd-rom - Many thanks.....
MBrudges Hackneyhomes, London E8, ....Disk was functioning, however there was no access to a SQ3270 drive / reader....
JAllan, London, NW5, ....Very many thanks for posting the disk back so promptly....
JEvans, Consultant Cadbury-Schweppes PLC, Edgbaston Birmingham UK, ....Many thanks for sending some recovered photographs in advance for my meeting....
Anon, Norwich, Norfolk, ....The files were saved on 3.5 inch Gigamo Magneto Optical MO Disks....
GWashington, Director of Technology, Franklin County, USA, ....I am elated....
EJackson, London N4, ....Many thanks....
Dr BAmos, MRC Lab of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, ....Files were on a 230mb Gigamo MO Disk and required transfer to CD....
KHeck, London, W8, ....Great News!! Will arrange for payments....
JMacPherson, Inverness, Scotland, ....No longer have access to the technology to open it - the modern pc can only run cd roms....
Professor AAllan, Kings College London, ....I was able to open the files you sent via the web....
SBeckett, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Shriveham, Swindon, ....It is great news about the transfer of my SyQuest disk data....
EJackson, London N4, ....Many thanks....
GGouriet, London, ....The Mac G3 no longer booted up so the computer had been dumped - only the hdd remained....
LNorth, Medical Engineering Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Grimsby, ....I have received the parcel, and all appears to be working correctly....
DTaylor, St Albans Herts UK, ....I was really pleased with the recovery, footage of our son which would be impossible to repeat! I would recommend you in the future for a great service; fast and excellent results.....
DHoffman, The Washington Post, Washington DC, USA, ....Good news indeed, thanks for the quick work....
RHewson, Shocking Music, Worthing, Sussex, ....Great news indeed....
DKelly, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth. Ceredigion, ....Thanks for the speedy service! I have passed the invoice to our accounts.....
FO'Connor, Aitel-ATN Ltd, Dublin, Ireland, ....Further to this, another Superdisk is on its way to you for CD transfer....
SWilson, Newcastle University, ....The 360kb 5.25 floppy discs were corrupt / unreadable and required configuration data file extracted from the CP/M file system for a gearbox design....
JMcLaren, Skyviews Inc, Barbados, ....However no method of reading the tape was available....
CSeal, Publicis Ltd, London, ....The disks are very old case type dvd-ram and hence no player to read them....
HSaull, Centre Screen Productions, Manchester, ....Unable to read disc as suitable reader not available....
TPickwell, Lichfield, Staffordshire, ....Great news on the recovery! Payment will be made tomorrow! kind regards.....
DCameron, Perth Scotland, ....Required files recovered for use on a present day PC - transfer to CD....
GBennick, Seattle Washington USA, ....The files required transfer to a normal DVD....
AKluk, Loeb Aron and Co, London, EC2-R, ....Many thanks....
JMcGrouther, Star Refrigeration Ltd, Glasgow Scotland, ....We required data transfer transfer old 5.25 discs onto a CD or memory stick....
HBalhatchet, Open University, Milton Keynes, ....Thanks again for the update / data recovery....
PHannan, London, W6, ....Thank you.....
JFreeth, Perth Scotland, ....I have received my recovered data - many thanks.....
DPerrott, PerroGraphics Ltd, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, ....Thank you for extracting the material....
MAnaokar, London E11, ....The files required transfer to CD in Apple Mac format data....
Prof Dr. JSleeman, Forschungszentrum GmbH, Karlsruhe / Stuttgart, Germany, ....The data was rescued and transferred to DVD for reading by Windows PC and Apple Mac....
SSheridan, Vermont, New Hampshire, USA, ....Great news....
GKeen, Chep, Dubai, UAE and South Africa, ....The data was stored on a 5.25 inch floppy disk which contained a valuable program file for our client....
DGolfar, Damac Properties, London, ....The files are now downloaded, thank you for the rapid response.....
JWagg, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, ....They were in Apple Mac format....
RRomain, Maidenhead, Berks, ....The new floppy diskette driven by OSX 10.4 would not read the disk drive so it had to be converted to CD which could be read by Mac OSX machine....
NHill, Nikki Hill Photography, Windsor, Berkshire, ....The drive was from an Apple Mac Lacie drive which failed to mount on the desktop....
TMullen, International British Nuclear Services, Warrington, Cheshire, ....Thank you.....
CWhiteman, London SW14, ....These Apple mac 3.5 inch floppies needed to transfer files and data to CD so they could be read into a Mac - Disks received - many thanks.....
FvonNiederhausern, Hi Tech Systems SA,Geneva, Switzerland, ....Again many thanks for your service.....
MLawlor, Kilkenny People, Ireland, ....Thanks for all your help....
SIsmail, Nabil Fanous Architects, London, ....Thank you for your quick recovery....
KHowe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, ....Disks were Apple mac format and converted to work on pc....
N. Emami, 10th Planet Ltd, London W1F, ....Thanks - our accounts have put in the payment, which should go through on Monday....
PSherwood, Bognor Regis, Sussex, ....Thank you.....
THunt, Pebble IT Ltd, London. SE11, ....We have received and all is good thank you.....
MRobinson, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, ....Thank you for the speedy service.....
LFransman, London N8, ....Marvelous!! Well done!! I'll pay today! Many many thanks.....
SSimpson, University of West England, Bristol, ....Thanks!.....
SHiggs, Birmingham, B31, ....Many thanks for your help.....
MGunnill, GillinghamKent, ....I am most grateful, payment is in the post!.....
MGiles, Career Concept, London W1D, ....Many thanks for your work and professionalism....
Professor BStoddart, Melbourne, Australia, ....The disks were 3.5 inch 800kb....
SRichter, JCMT Architects, London, ....Thank you for the recovery.....
PLau, Liverpool, ....Again, many thanks, there are some precious memories on there and I will not hesitate to recommend you to any of my friends or family etc....
PArndt, Ferrell Jacobs Ltd, London, ....Good news indeed....
ASainton, Repaircraft PLC, Cranleigh, Surrey, ....The disk had not been used for many years and we no longer had a Syquest drive to read the files.....
RBinney, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ....Many thanks for the quick response and the good news! Many thanks....
BVajiro, English Sanoha Trust, Hemel, Herts, ....- thanks....
TSharman, Essex Council, Chelmsford, Essex, ....Thanks.....
KHowe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ....Thanks very much.....
GKeen, Chep.com, Dubai, ....Thanks very much for the good news and all your help in this regard.....
SRyan, The London Imaging Centre, London, ....Thank you for you help.....
DClowes, Scubed software, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ....Payment has been made today....
SGouldin, Offshore Handling Services Ltd, Morley, Leeds, ....Many thanks that is good news....
SPulfer, Farnborough, Hampshire, ....I knew that there is good data on these tape as I have backed up files many times and even restore the tapes....
ITC Ltd, ITC Ltd, Bicester, Oxford, ....We were not sure of the software used to backup files to the tapes but suspected Backup Exec....
TShawman, Law Administration, Chelmsford, Essex, ....We no longer held the drive or software to read the data from these tapes but required the files extracting to DVD for review....
JLovell, Perth, AUSTRALIA, ....The QIC files stored many files and folders and these needed to be extracted so they could be restored on to a Mac computer to allow Word for Mac to open them....
JPindell, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, Chichester, Sussex, ....Many thanks for the recovery, glad there were no problems....
GBernard, Taino (VA) ITALY, ....I no longer had the tape drive unit to read the QIC cassette anymore....
SButler, Tensar Ltd, Blackburn, ....The files needed to be transferred from the tapes as the original tape drives were no longer available....
NRossiter, CompanyName withheld. Aztec West Bristol, ....There was trouble getting the files off the backup set as Windows kept failing with drive I/O error....
JHovic, Oslo, NORWAY, ....The Data Cartridge measures 4"x6"x1/2"....
AKides, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, ....There were some old programming source code files archived from a Sun Sparc Station Solaris 2.x and stored on DDS DAT tape from 1998....
AKides, Surrey, ....No longer had tape drives or unix systems to read the data....
TDargie, Inverness, Scotland, ....The tapes were marked Jumbo Certified QIC-80 DT 250 Mini Data Cartridges, Verbatim DC2120 Mini Cartouche & 3M MC 3000 XL MiniCartridge Taumat format....
JShirley, Weybridge, London, ....Thank you for recovering the data for us....
SSpeck, Northumbria Police, ....Copy data to CD - clone if tape made....
JWalter, PSU Technology Ltd, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ....Will pick up the finished product on Thursday ....
AKumar, Chatham Gillingham, ....The Operating System OS on the server got corrupted....
JMcLaren, Skyviews Inc, BARBADOS, ....File data was backed up to tape using Mac OS9 Retrospect software....
LShoestring, Really Good, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, ....We have ordered a new hard drive for the recovered data....
JPindell, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, Chichester, Sussex, ....Many thanks for the recovery, glad there were no problems....
BLarder, GE Aviation, Eastleigh, Hants, ....I have now received the data....
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