Hello Howard,
Welcome! You are on the right track and in the right place.
In your original post, your assumptions #1 #2 are correct.
There are many methods available.
It would be most helpful if we know the platform manufacturer and model, the
exact OS version, and the exact version of
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but I doubt the manager would have the appetite to spend good money just to
be able to read the very old data. /snip
snip from your website
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