Magnetic media has a shelf life. The longer you wait, the greater potential for data loss!!
Issues Related to Magnetic Media Recovery:space
Data from computers was not migrated during the 50’s to 90’s due to disk and tape drive limitations. Quality legacy data recovery requires highly sophisticated technology and experience coupled with an organization that is passionate about the quality of the recovered data. As time goes on, the information on magnetic media will be much harder to recover...
Technology is rapidly changing and valuable data is being left behind.
Computer data is subject to media deterioration and this affects the integrity of your files.
Old hardware and software is becoming rare and is unable to read old media.
Offsite storage is expensive.
Deterioration of media can lead to problems that include stiction, print-through and extremely weak or dropped bits.
