Data recovery FAQ: answers to your questions
Find answers from our specialists to the most frequently asked questions about data recovery: hard drive failures, SSD, RAID, USB drives, pricing, turnaround times and process. SOS Data Recovery (Tesweb SA), Swiss specialist since 2006 with over 10,000 cases handled, answers your questions.
Why consult our data recovery FAQ?
Our technicians answer the most frequently asked questions about hard drive, SSD, RAID, NAS, USB drive and memory card failures. Each answer is based on over 10,000 cases handled since 2006 and regularly updated. If you cannot find the answer to your question, contact us — free diagnosis within 3 hours.
My LTO tape is no longer readable, is it recoverable?
In most cases, yes. The most frequent causes are oxide degradation, a defective streamer, or a software compatibility issue. Our team has mastered all of these scenarios.
Which DAT/DDS formats do you support?
We support all DAT formats: DDS-1, DDS-2, DDS-3, DDS-4, DDS-5, DAT 72 and DAT 160. Our range of streamers covers all of these standards.
Which DLT standards do you recover?
We recover all DLT standards: DLT-III, DLT-IIIXT, DLT-IV, DLT-VS (DLT1) and DLT-V4. Our laboratory has the compatible streamers for each generation.