Patent ID: 7853766

Claim:
A method of migrating data from a first source storage media comprising a first source tape to a destination storage media comprising a first destination digital storage device comprising, cleaning the first source tape by, using a sensor to inspect the first source tape at a rate faster than a first source tape play rate, determining particulate matter levels and defects on the first source tape, and adjusting a speed of a cleaning tissue; selecting a destination storage format; analyzing one or more radio frequency signals of the first source tape; analyzing a video signal of the first source tape; analyzing an audio signal of the first source tape; reviewing one or more of the one or more radio frequency signals, video signal, and audio signal to determine whether the first source tape was properly migrated to the first destination digital storage device; placing metadata relating to the cleaning and the migrating into a log; cleaning a second source storage media substantially simultaneously as migrating data from the first source tape to the first destination digital storage device.