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Veritas 9 Backup Tapes restore from erase

   I had done a quick erase on a few tapes that weren't being used. My boss asked if I could get that information back. Is it possible without hiring someone?

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Hello,

I have Veritas Backup Exec running on my server, we use 40 GB HP DLT tapes, I personally believe
you should bring someone in to try and see if he/she can recover anything, I have been unsuccessful at
recovering anything that was overwritten on my DLT tapes, but before you bring someone in, you might
want to check if there are programs on the internet that try and recover this kind of information, I don't
know of any for backup tapes, but I know of some for hard drives, it doesn't hurt to check before calling,
I will look as well, if I find anything, I will post it here.

Thanks,

Fadi Ramada,
Network+, Security+
By the way, I didn't see the "quick" up there, if you did a quick erase, than the files should
still be there, there's hope!!, I still would suggest that you look for the program that I
mentioned above before you call anyone in!

Thanks,

Fadi
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Have you tried importing the tapes yet? and doing a catalog on them?
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It will work even if I did a quick erase?