Bad tape ?

[hosni]

Hi !

 

One of my backup tapes seems to be damaged.

I tried to transfer all files from the tape to a different backup set, but it does not seem to be able to read past the point of failure:

 

>06/02/2005 18:55:42: Transferring from England Daten und Bilde

>Device trouble: "2-England Daten und Bilde", error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Additional error information for device "Seagate Travan" [0:1],

>Sense > 71 00 03 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 31 00

>(Seagate |STT20000A |8.39)

>06/02/2005 23:34:29: 1 execution errors

>Duration: 04:31:47 (04:26:08 idle/loading/preparing)

 

After this error I only get a box stating transfer has failed, on pressing OK (the only button) the transfer is aborted.

 

When I try to verify the tape:

 

>Executing Verify at 06/02/2005 23:35

>To Backup Set England Daten und Bilde...

>Reported missing by user: "1-England Daten und Bilde"

>Trouble reading: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (3885993), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Trouble reading: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (3885993), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Trouble positioning: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (3885993), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Trouble reading: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (3885993), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Trouble positioning: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (0), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Trouble reading: "2-England Daten und Bilde" (0), error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Additional error information for device "Seagate Travan" [0:1],

>Sense > f0 00 03 00 00 00 08 0a 00 00 00 00 31 00

>(Seagate |STT20000A |8.39)

>Device trouble: "2-England Daten und Bilde", error -206 (drive reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)

>Additional error information for device "Seagate Travan" [0:1],

>Sense > 71 00 03 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 31 00

>(Seagate |STT20000A |8.39)

>2 files were not verified

>07/02/2005 09:41:06: 9 execution errors

>Remaining: 23910 files, zero KB

>Completed: 1151 files, 31.8 GB

>Performance: 54.2 MB/minute

>Duration: 10:05:25 (00:04:54 idle/loading/preparing)

 

Again after this error the verification is aborted, it does not ask for the next tape.

I have tried cleaning the drive with a cleaning tape, to no avail.

 

Does anyone know what I can do ?

I only want to recover all files which can successfully be read from the tape, and then move on to the next.

 

Thanks,

Hosni

[natew]

Hi

 

That is the problem with tape. If a section of the tape is damaged badly enough there is no way to move on past the damaged section. Everything after that point will be unretrievable. A data recovery service may be able to get the data for you.

 

sorry

 

Nate