Dan Karron@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (02/24/91)
Is there a program/script to verify old tapes (qic tapes) ?
I am sitting in a pile of old tapes we want to re-record/recycle.
I don't know the length of most, and I don't know which have real bad
spots on them, or which just have bad data on them.
I could use something to
1) size the tapes and
2) test (destructively) the condition of the media, with a
write-read test over the entire length.
Also, since the tapes are not all rated for 10,000 bpi, is there a way
to run the write-read tests at progressively lower density to see if there
is any life in the tape at low density ? Some of these tapes predate
10,000 bpi drives.
Thanks!
dan.
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