Question Data Recovery Companies for Rescuing DOS-created dBase III-Plus files from a 90 MB Bernoulli Disk and 3.5" Diskettes?

[World Changer]

Hi all helpful people on Tom's Hardware:

Several of you have tried to guide me the past two months, and I've appreciated your suggestions and advice. Doing what I'm doing is a process that evolves, especially because I'm not experienced at all with data recovery from old storage types. You helped my process to evolve.

I'm looking into new ways to rescue a 30-year-old dBase III-Plus database, created in DOS, from my 90 MB Bernoulli disk and from 46 diskettes (3.5"), instead of trying to find a working Bernoulli Box 90 MB Transportable or trying somehow, do transfer the files from the diskettes myself. Too risky, because of the potential problem mentioned below. I'm thinking about going to a professional data recovery company in the Chicago area, or even anywhere in the U.S. - that's how important the database is for me.

Given it might suffer from data corruption and damages from storage, is there any company that anybody trusts? A company that can retrieve the database from the two storage types and recover/fix any database corruption it finds? Any experiences you can share with such data recovery companies?

Thanks for any viewpoints about this.

Paul

 

[USAFRet]

From your earlier thread(s), did you actually contact any of the suggested resources?

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[World Changer]

Hi USAFRet,

I have but not only are some of the solutions beyond my technical abilities and knowledge, and my time budgets. I contacted two ex-Iomega employees, but they never answered me. I will keep on trying.

In addition, even if I could do the technical things some forum members suggested, I could never, ever repair/restore damaged or corrupted dBase files. I wouldn't even know how to detect such damages, which several recovery companies warned me about. And I cannot risk damaging my database even more by trying to copy it without knowing it's damaged. Far, far beyond my expertise.

I've appreciated your support and it has helped me learn a lot about the vast world of data recovery - what's within my reach and what isn't. I'm preparing for having to consult with a recovery company, thus my interest in anything you may know about them or any specific company.

Thank you so much for the past advice and for any info/opinions you have about such a company!

Paul

 

[fzabkar]

https://ww.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/comments/14p8uhu/recovery_from_90_mb_bernoulli_disk/

 

[World Changer]

Thanks so much again, fzabkar. Let's see if anybody responds on Reddit Didn't even know about Reddit.

Do I need to access the same page of Reddit on which you posted your request for help, for me? Or will they respond directly on Tom's Hardware? Maybe both?

Thanks so much again!

 

[fzabkar]

Just watch the reddit page.