Can you reverse a magnet-damaged cassette tape?

Subject: Can you reverse a magnet-damaged cassette tape?

Date: Wed Jan 25 08:41:22 2006
Posted by Robin
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: American Canyon State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1138203682.Eg

Message:


I am a medical transcriptionist.  I stored some microcassette tapes in my 
purse pocket which has a magnetic flap and now the tapes are damaged.  The 
audio fluctuates between loud and soft.  Is there anyway to still retrieve the 
information from this tape by "fixing it" somehow?

I just read your article about magnets and tapes and figured out how this 
happened.  I hope you can help me, as there are three damaged tapes and they 
contain a lot of information.

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