[fa.info-vax] Subject: Corrupted BACKUP Tape

W._Michael_Terenyi@QZCOM.MAILNET (09/27/85)

I have a tape which has contained a single BACKUP save set. Unfortunately
somebody has written an empty save set (maybe an empty file) on
the
beginning of this tape. Examination with DUMP shows the VOL1, HDR1
and
HDR2 blocks followed by EOF1 and EOF2 blocks. The next DUMP command
gives an error (fatal drive error), but succeeding DUMPs show

8192-byte blocks which belong to the original save set.

Is there a chance to recover the data on this tape (with not too much
effort)?

Michael