> A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
> 
> It's virtually impossible to read past the last write on a tape without
> special equipment. 
> 
> If a tape has been relabeled, consumer drives won't read anything past
> the newly written label, so the tape is pretty effectively erased.  I
> don't think this happens with 9-track tape, but it does with
> DLT/AIT/LTO.  Only thing I can think of at this point would be to send
> to a recovery house that should have modified firmware drives available.

That sounds good to me - So, once it's labeled, it's effectively gone. I'm 
not looking to retrieve anything, but rather to have a reasonable 
expectation of non-discovery once a tape is relabeled.

Thanks for the info

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