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Hardware

John Bordynuik Inc. (JBI) is committed to providing innovative services that cannot be duplicated, and to do so at a highly competitive price. We have a reputation for reading “unreadable” tapes by overcoming data storage problems that have occurred when tapes have been rendered obsolete by technology advances or damaged after being housed in less-than-ideal conditions. We are able to read all legacy data computer tapes and extract the valuable data they contain thanks to the unique technology developed by John Bordynuik, President of John Bordynuik, Inc. (JBI).

Our custom hardware features specialized components that help us to recover data without losing a single bit. These features include:

  • Custom heads that aren’t susceptible to stiction problems, which can occur when tape sticks to the original heads on which they were recorded
  • Custom bias and amplifiers, which are tuned for weak bits, so they can read all data, even that which is damaged
  • Custom tape drives that do not skip over unreadable tape record blocks
  • Custom imaging that creates an exact replica of the tape signal written on all media, so no data can be lost

 

Our Custom Hardware Overcomes All Data Problems

Unlike others in the data recovery field, we do not utilize off-the-shelf components or drives, which have proven ineffectual for reading outdated and damaged disks and tapes. Because the drives that recorded this data can no longer be used, we have created dozens of custom-made tape drives to read legacy magnetic tape media.

This specially designed technology ensures the highest quality read, no matter the condition of your media. We have recovered all types of data, from that which is more than 50 years old and far beyond its shelf-life, to that stored on present-day data cartridges.

After it has been read, every bit of data is mechanically validated by our hardware. Prior to the development of this technology, old media read on the equipment that originally recorded it could not be validated, and its output was generally poor. Our hardware allows us to verify that the recovered data is completely accurate.