Talk with your litigation support vendor. And don't forget groups such as Computer Forensics, Inc. of Seattle and Ontrack Data Recovery, Inc. of Eden Prairie which face these issues regularly. Convert the Data A. Get the Data on a Useable Medium Get the data onto a medium you can use. If you can't use that medium, get the data onto one your computer can read. If you receive a tape, you'll probably need an outside vendor to transfer the files.
Zip disks are simpler.
The cost of Iomega Zip drives is so low you can keep one on hand just to for those purposes. 3.5 inch disks generally pose no problem. 5.25 inch floppy disks are becoming problematic. B. Put the Data in a Useable Format 1. The format may be too new.