Glenn thanks for the help so far. Close, but not quit there. Where I expected important files I got: -SYSTEM-W-DATAOVERUN, data overrun Btw, the particular client data for AMEX on this tape is NOT sensitive as it is compiled from public sources. Thanks, Hein. What I got: A.DAT;2 444 B.DAT;1 6074 C.DAT;1 45 D.DAT;1 13114 E.DAT;1 0 F.DAT;1 0 G.DAT;1 48 H.DAT;1 0 So it looks like I did not get those .EXP files which I expect to hold the bulk of the data. Oh well, I'll try again on Monday next I suppose. Log file with error message included in case you care... CONVERT Statistics Number of Files Processed: 1 Total Records Processed: 0 Buffered I/O Count: 5 Total Exception Records: 0 Direct I/O Count: 7 Total Valid Records: 0 Page Faults: 68 Elapsed Time: 0 00:00:00.46 CPU Time: 0 00:00:00.08 CONVERT Statistics Number of Files Processed: 1 Total Records Processed: 0 Buffered I/O Count: 5 Total Exception Records: 0 Direct I/O Count: 5 Total Valid Records: 0 Page Faults: 58 Elapsed Time: 0 00:00:00.38 CPU Time: 0 00:00:00.09 CONVERT Statistics Number of Files Processed: 1 Total Records Processed: 301 Buffered I/O Count: 5 Total Exception Records: 0 Direct I/O Count: 309 Total Valid Records: 301 Page Faults: 58 Elapsed Time: 0 00:00:21.10 CPU Time: 0 00:00:00.49 %CONV-F-READERR, error reading 0 A0:[].; -RMS-F-RER, file read error -SYSTEM-W-DATAOVERUN, data overrun %CONV-F-READERR, error reading 0 A0:[].; -RMS-F-RER, file read error -SYSTEM-W-DATAOVERUN, data overrun %CONV-F-READERR, error reading 0 A0:[].; -RMS-F-RER, file read error -SYSTEM-W-DATAOVERUN, data overrun %DISM-W-CANNOTDMT, $1$DUA20: cannot be dismounted %DISM-W-USERFILES, 1 user file open on volume caselistdef.exep;3 hq.sql;1 palisdef.exp;1 par.lis;2 par2.lis;1 report.txt;2 table2.exp;1 tables.exp;2