MediaMerge for PC (MM/PC)

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Handling 1000's of tape format variations, MediaMerge/PC is the world's leading PC tape I/O software package, and it brings a plethora of capability to the management and manipulation of data residing on tapes, optical disks, CD’s or hard drives. This Windows based software is compatible with 95, 98, 2000, NT, and XP, and it connects via SCSI to the tape drive. In its standard format MM/PC has a huge array of capabilities, but there are also some authorization-coded modules for more specialized work or advanced features.
MM/PC Applications
The applications for MM/PC are almost limit less. If it involves moving data between computers on magnetic tape, MO, CD or hard disk, then MM/PC is the tool you need. Data interchange, data conversion, forensic analysis and restoring tape backups from any type of computer are all within a single software package.
Restore Tape Backups from any Source
With MediaMerge/PC any PC with a suitable tape drive and SCSI adapter can restore backup tapes from almost any source. It does not matter if the tape was generated using ArcServe, Sytos Plus, Mountain backup, NT Backup, Backup Express, Unix, VAX/VMS backup or any other formats. MM/PC will read the tapes, and the restore process is extremely simple. The type of tape is recognized automatically, and either a directory of the original files will be displayed or an option to restore the entire file may be given. Typically all subdirectories and full-length file names will be retained. Having a very simple standard interface and no knowledge of the original backup package is required. Many users and computers can only generate tapes (that are required for large data transfers) onto their standard backup device. With MM/PC you can accept tapes from any source.
Advanced Features and Benefits
Standard Features:
Standard 32-bit Windows interface Compatible with most leading tape drives Restore files and datasets from virtually any logical tape format, including proprietary computer Systems Scan and analyze unknown tapes Automatic format recognition feature Viewing and saving blocks from a tape Data conversion, including unpacking fields and ASCII to EBCDIC Tape to tape duplication
Optional Features:
Writes most industry-standard backup formats CD Writing from tape Tape and volume stacking Automatic Running Capability Tape Initialization Media testing Forensic Logging Optical and removable magnetic drives supported Optional record-based manipulation facility, Record Reformatter RR32