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"Stellar Data Recovery is the best data recovery software for businesses that need to recover large amounts of data."
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Many companies still use LTO tapes to store important data, but accessing that data gets harder as hardware ages or catalog files go missing. Teams in legal, compliance, and IT often need to move files like contracts, logs, and backups to newer storage. Stellar Data Recovery for Tape can recover this data even if the original backup software isn’t available. The recovered files can be saved to hard drives, SSDs, or cloud storage.
A lot of LTO tapes were made using backup software that’s no longer in use like Symantec Backup Exec, HP Data Protector, CA ARCserve, or IBM TSM. If those systems are gone, getting data off the tapes can be tough. LTO tape recovery software makes it possible to extract the data without needing the original software. It reads the tape’s native backup format and lets you recover files, folders, databases, other critical data.
Organizations are often required to produce legacy data emails, documents, financial and legal records, or communication logs from LTO tapes to adhere to legal compliances and regulations. Stellar Data Recovery for Tape recovers that data even if the original backup software is no longer available, the catalogue files are missing, or the tapes were created using old or discontinued systems.
KEY FEATURES OF STELLAR DATA RECOVERY FOR TAPE
The software enables seamless data recovery from LTO tapes by supporting a wide range of tape data parsers. It eliminates dependency on legacy backup applications, ensuring faster, reliable, and cost-efficient access to critical business data required for compliance, and long-term retention.
Supported Parsers include :
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape allows recovery of archived and backup data from tape drives across all leading manufacturers. The software restores data regardless of tape media type, capacity, or speed, making it an all-in-one solution for diverse IT environments.
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The software restore SQL database, MySQL database, Exchange database, Oracle database, accounting documents, Outlook files, Internet files, videos, and other data stored on LTO tape drive. It supports recovery of EDB, PST, ACCDB, DBF, MPG, MP4, MOV, HTML, DOC, DOTX, XLS, XLT, XLB, PPT, PPS, POT, RTF and more.
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape software creates an image dump of all LTO tapes including LTO 1, LTO 2, LTO 3, LTO 4, LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO 7, LTO 8 & LTO 9 in order to recover data from it. The advanced software is capable of retrieving backup data whose catalog files are missing or deleted from the tape storage. Further, the software effectively works with corrupt tape media.
Other Important Features
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape lets you preview and verify the archived or backup data stored on tape media. You can select and preview Office documents, Acrobat files, photos, videos, audio files, Internet files, Windows backup files (BKF), Virtual Hard Disk files (VHDX), game data archive files (FD) etc.
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape presents the recoverable data in a tabular tree-like structure for easy view. You can quickly identify, select, and recover the required files located in the different folders of your archived data. The feature helps in restoring only what is required while avoiding unwanted data.
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape lets you save the created tape image on your system and use the file for the recovery anytime later. You need to load the tape image (.BKF file) saved on your computer and start scanning to begin the recovery process at your convenience.
The interactive GUI of the software makes the tape recovery process a seamless task. It is not only easy to operate but extremely user-friendly. The software restores your valuable tape data in just three steps – Create Tape Image, Load Image & Scan, and Preview & Save.
The efficient Stellar Data Recovery for Tape lets you select the desired the number of blocks for read/write operations during the restore process. It also offers the ‘Auto’ block size, which is a predefined block size of the tape data. Users are recommended to select a smaller block size if the tape media is very old and seems to have moisture or other damage.
The software lets you choose a destination on your system to save the desired tape data. It provides the option to save recovered files and folders at either default location of your system or at your defined location on computer or external HDD, SSD, SD card, USB etc.
How to Use Stellar Data Recovery for TAPE
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| Version: | 4.4.0.1 |
| License: | Single System |
| Edition: | Technician & Toolkit |
| Language Supported: | English |
| Release Date: | September, 2025 |
| Processor: | Intel compatible (x64-based processor) |
| Memory: | 4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended) |
| Hard Disk: | 250 MB for installation files |
| Operating System: (64 Bit only) |
Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 & Windows Server 2012, 2012-R2, 2016, 2019, 2022 |
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We recommend Stellar Data Recovery for Tape to retrieve data from tape cartridges. The software securely recovers inaccessible data from tape storage media in readable format.
No, you cannot stop the Create Image process in between. Abrupt closing of the software can corrupt your tape and its data.
The scanning time depends upon the size of the image file. The greater the size, the longer it will take to scan and recover the tape data.
You can connect and recover from one tape at a time by using the software.
Stellar Data Recovery for Tape recovers data in original format without any changes.
Data can safely last in tape media for about 30 years, if kept in clean environment at the right temperature.
LTO tape drives are susceptible to damage or corruption if not stored in a controlled environment. You can prevent data loss from LTO tapes by protecting them from moisture, humidity, heat, dust, and magnetic field.
Although tape media is cost effective and has longer lifespan than hard drive or SSD but it is slow when it comes to accessing tape data archives or backups. Further, recovering a specific file or folder is also difficult. However, with tools like Stellar Data Recovery for Tape you can retrieve desired files/ folders easily and quickly. The software displays tape data in tabular format, which you can preview.
Industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, telecom, government, and law firms often need recovery services due to strict retention policies and legal exposure.
Yes. The software can extract all types of data carried on tape backups, including SQL, MySQL, Exchange, Oracle databases, file shares, email archives, log files, and more—making it ideal for legal discovery or audit requests.
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