
Magneto-optical disks in 3.5 inch cartridges were highly valued due to their enormous durability (>50 years) and reliability in many areas, e.g. archiving. Many of these systems are still running reliably, but some have already been replaced by newer technologies. The magneto-optical disk (MO disk, also known as MOD) is a rotating storage medium that is written to magnetically and read optically. There is no standardized spelling for magneto-optical disks. You will find both Magneto-Optical Disc/Magneto Optical Disc and MO diskette or MO for short.
Now it can happen that you still have old media with important data, but no (functioning) drive to read this data. Or perhaps you are still using this technology and a defective drive can no longer be replaced by your service provider.
In both cases we can help you. We reliably read all the media types listed below and secure your data on a medium of your choice (hard disk, BluRay, encrypted download). It does not matter whether the media is WORM (Write Once Read Many) or RW (Rewritable).
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These media types can be read out
| WriteOnce / Rewritable | Bytes/Sector | Mediengröße |
|---|---|---|
| R / W | 512 | 128 MB |
| R / W | 512 | 230 MB |
| R / W | 512 | 540 MB |
| R / W | 2048 | 640 MB |
| R / W | 2048 | 1,3 GB |
| R / W | 2048 | 2,3 GB |
Your medium is not listed? Please contact us, we will find a solution!
We use the following drives for data extraction
Fujitsu Gigamo, MCD3130SS, MCR3230SS, MCD3064SS DynaM, Dynamo 2300SCSI, Dynamo 1300
IO Data MDN3130UB
Logitec MDN3064UB
Known media are e.g. (list is not exhaustive)
BASF 230MB Rewritable MO Disk 91227
DOT 128MBMO disk OMDR-128
Fujitsu 1.3GB, 2.3GB
MAXELL F650 650MB, RO-M640 650mb, 230MB
MaxOptix 230MB 2003404RW
Philips 540MB 33PDO, 640mb 34PDO
Sony 2.3GB EDMG23C, Sony 230mb EDM230C
Verbatim 230MB 90545, 230MB 90673, 640mb 91428
TDK 230D 230MB Rewritable MO Disk