Thank you. The probability that the tape will die after one pass is non-zero. With irreplaceable data that could be a problem.
True..
You could use a linux Live CD/DVD on your Winderz box and then dd the information from there.
Something like this then:
(assuming /data is some volume that you can write big files to from the Linux boot disk)
[SIZE=-1]
dd bs=265b conv=noerror if=/dev/st0 of=/data/tape.image
Good Luck,
desiv
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