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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 1015359" data-attributes="member: 325666">A quick update on the DDS tapes ..There was some manga clips on one tape ..these restored ok ...and also found a full instalation of win98 (not SE) ..I couldn't and didn't want to restore it to full operation ..but did manage to restore all the files (unbootable of course) to an alternative temporary location ...just to see if iit would ..The reason I wanted to attempt this ..was because 98 was -spanned- accross 3 tapes ....and yes this function worked just fine..Not bad really considering this must have been dumped to DAT around 2000 - ishSo ..I guess this proves the durability of stored info on DAT tape ..It is a slow process tho ..with error checking ..it took over 20 hours ..I have dye based CDs and DVDs I've written that dont come close to lasting this long.I'm impressed..DAT was indeed a much overlooked storage medium..rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 1015359, member: 325666"] A quick update on the DDS tapes .. There was some manga clips on one tape .. these restored ok ...and also found a full instalation of win98 (not SE) .. I couldn't and didn't want to restore it to full operation ..but did manage to restore all the files (unbootable of course) to an alternative temporary location ...just to see if iit would .. The reason I wanted to attempt this ..was because 98 was -spanned- accross 3 tapes .. ..and yes this function worked just fine.. Not bad really considering this must have been dumped to DAT around 2000 - ish So ..I guess this proves the durability of stored info on DAT tape .. It is a slow process tho ..with error checking ..it took over 20 hours .. I have dye based CDs and DVDs I've written that dont come close to lasting this long. I'm impressed.. DAT was indeed a much overlooked storage medium.. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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