Restoration & data services
Your data is still on that tape. We get it off.
Core Memory Works recovers, converts and maintains legacy computing for businesses, laboratories, factories and archives. We own and operate the original hardware, so the media never has to leave a controlled environment to be read.
ENGAGEMENT TERMS
Written quote before work
NDA on request, signed same day
Chain-of-custody log per item
No-read, no-charge evaluation
What we handle
RECOVERY
Data recovery from tape
9-track, 7-track and cartridge formats read on our own drives — including reels other labs have already declined.
RECOVERY
Floppy & disk pack imaging
8-inch through 3.5-inch, plus removable packs. Flux-level capture where the media is marginal.
MIGRATION
Format conversion & migration
Legacy databases, word processor files and instrument logs turned into formats your current systems can read.
SUPPORT
Legacy system repair & support
Board-level repair, spares, and contract maintenance for systems long past vendor support.
ENGINEERING
Industrial & lab modernization
Keep the machine, replace the computer. We bridge old process control and instrumentation to modern interfaces on your schedule.
ADVISORY
Consulting & appraisal
Valuations for insurance, estates and acquisitions; risk reviews of equipment you still depend on.
ONSITE
Onsite work
When the system cannot leave the building or the media cannot leave the room, we come to you, Chicagoland and beyond.
How an engagement runs
Describe it
A photo and a paragraph is usually enough for us to tell you what is realistic.
Free evaluation
We inspect the media or system and report what can be read, repaired or migrated — no charge, no obligation.
Written quote
Fixed scope, fixed price, agreed deliverable format. NDA and chain-of-custody log in place before work starts.
Deliver & document
Files on the media you choose plus a written record of what was done, what failed, and what we recommend next.
Send us the hard one.
Tell us the media or the system, what you need out of it, and your deadline. You’ll hear back from an engineer, not a queue.