{"id":60570,"date":"2022-02-25T14:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/\/?page_id=60570"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:17:07","slug":"case-study-roddenberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate &#8211; Star Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1645836211316 vc_row-o-full-height vc_row-o-columns-middle vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-cols-right wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin wpex-has-overlay wpex-has-overlay--69d2b368cd08a\"><div class=\"wpex-bg-overlay-wrap wpex-absolute wpex-inset-0 wpex-rounded-inherit\"><style class=\"wpex-bg-overlay-css\">.wpex-has-overlay--69d2b368cd08a > .wpex-bg-overlay-wrap .wpex-bg-overlay{background-image:url(https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/themes\/Total\/assets\/images\/overlays\/dotted.png);}<\/style><span class=\"wpex-bg-overlay dotted wpex-absolute wpex-inset-0 wpex-rounded-inherit wpex-duration-500 wpex-bg-transparent\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368cd89e{color:#ffffff;line-height:var(--wpex-leading-loose);}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h1 vc_custom_1712249567257 vcex_69d2b368cd89e\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_4 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1646265985279 wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1646265985279 wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_ wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_4 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1645833977183 wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1645833977183 wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69d2b368ce9f3{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368ce9f3{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368ce9f3{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368ce9f3 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Client:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69d2b368ced0a{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368ced0a{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368ced0a{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368ced0a has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Device Type:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">Legacy Computer System<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69d2b368cf042{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368cf042{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368cf042{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368cf042 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Turn Around:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">Enormous Amount of Time <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69d2b368cf36a{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368cf36a{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368cf36a{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368cf36a has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Profession:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">Television Program Producer, Screenwriter<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69d2b368cf687{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368cf687{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368cf687{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368cf687 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">Santa Monica, California <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368cfb0b{color:#ffffff;font-size:4em;}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368cfb0b{font-size:2em;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368cfb0b{font-size:2em;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368cfb0b{font-size:2em;}}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h1 vc_custom_1687314415000 vcex_69d2b368cfb0b\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Going Where No Data Recovery Lab Has Gone Before<\/span><\/h1><style>.vcex_69d2b368cfdf7{font-size:25px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69d2b368cfdf7{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69d2b368cfdf7{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69d2b368cfdf7 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gene Roddenberry, the man who masterminded the popular show Star Trek, passed away in 1991. It wasn\u2019t until much later that<strong> his estate sent DriveSavers nearly 200, 5.25-inch floppy disks<\/strong> on which the Star Trek creator\u2019s work was stored.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid center vc_custom_1712249726540 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--centered wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column center vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 15px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-10 wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d0ab4{color:#e31f26;font-size:3em;}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d0ab4{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d0ab4{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d0ab4{font-size:1em;}}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h2 vcex_69d2b368d0ab4\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Problem<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div style=\"color:#222222;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The \u201cStar Trek\u201d creator floppy discs could not be read on any commercially available computer and software.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 5.25-inch floppy <strong>disks from the late 60\u2019s, used on custom-built computers with custom-built operating systems<\/strong> and a special word processing software that prevented any modern method of reading what was on the disks, were sent to DriveSavers for Data Recovery.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d12df{color:#e31f26;font-size:3em;}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d12df{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d12df{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d12df{font-size:1em;}}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h2 vcex_69d2b368d12df\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Solution<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div style=\"color:#222222;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>After receiving the computer and the specially formatted floppies, DriveSavers engineers worked to develop a method of extracting the data. There was no user manual for the computer, nor was there any technical documentation to help guide them.<\/p>\n<p>It took over three months for the <strong>DriveSavers<\/strong> engineering team to <strong>develop software that could read the disks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--no-padding wpex-relative tablet-fullwidth-columns\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_10 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid center vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--centered wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column center vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d23d5{color:#e31f26;font-size:3em;}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d23d5{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d23d5{font-size:1em;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d2b368d23d5{font-size:1em;}}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h2 vcex_69d2b368d23d5\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Summary<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div style=\"color:#222222;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The engineers were able to crack the unusual formatting, reading the nearly 200 disks was tedious work that took the better part of a year to finish.<\/p>\n<p>After months of painstaking work to recover files that hadn\u2019t been seen in over 40 years, the question remains, what was actually on the disks? Lost episodes of Star Trek? The secret script for a new show? Or as Popular Science once speculated, a patent for a transporter?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, that&#8217;s confidential.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When DriverSavers was contracted to recover the data, we were also bound by rules of confidentiality. PCWorld and other media reached out to the Roddenberry estate but was told it had no comment on the data or its plans for the newly discovered writing of Gene Roddenberry.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>DriveSavers Standard Turnaround times are 1-2 Business days, Economy 5-7 Business days, and Priority 24\/7 service \u2013 on occasion, unique substances require more time and are approved by the customer.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--no-padding wpex-relative tablet-fullwidth-columns\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_10 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene Roddenberry, the man who masterminded the popular show Star Trek, passed away in 1991. It wasn\u2019t until much later that his estate sent DriveSavers nearly 200, 5.25-inch floppy disks on which the Star Trek creator\u2019s work was stored.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":60487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10559],"tags":[564],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-60570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-star-trek","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gene Roddenberry, the man who masterminded the popular show Star Trek, passed away in 1991. It wasn\u2019t until much later that his estate sent DriveSavers nearly 200, 5.25-inch floppy disks on which the Star Trek creator\u2019s work was stored.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DriveSavers Data Recovery Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriveSavers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michelle West\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@drivesavers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@drivesavers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michelle West\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"TechArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle West\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8319da503f7e4ddd51903b6d8295be1c\"},\"headline\":\"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate &#8211; Star Trek\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":823,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Star Trek\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Studies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":627},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/case-studies\\\/case-study-roddenberry\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate &#8211; Star Trek\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"DriveSavers Data Recovery Services\",\"description\":\"The Worldwide Leader in Data Recovery\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"DriveSavers Data Recovery\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Logo-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Logo-01.png\",\"width\":1092,\"height\":1087,\"caption\":\"DriveSavers Data Recovery\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DriveSavers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/drivesavers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/drivesavers\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/drivesavers-data-recovery\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/drivesavers\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCBlynLMdFWQgid-Gwm0zJ1A\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/DriveSavers\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8319da503f7e4ddd51903b6d8295be1c\",\"name\":\"Michelle West\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michelle West\"},\"description\":\"DriveSavers Senior Marketing Manager Writing about DriveSavers, data recovery, or another technology-related topic? Contact us.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/west-michelle\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\\\/en-au\\\/author\\\/michelle\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek","og_description":"Gene Roddenberry, the man who masterminded the popular show Star Trek, passed away in 1991. It wasn\u2019t until much later that his estate sent DriveSavers nearly 200, 5.25-inch floppy disks on which the Star Trek creator\u2019s work was stored.","og_url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/","og_site_name":"DriveSavers Data Recovery Services","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriveSavers","article_published_time":"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":627,"url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michelle West","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@drivesavers","twitter_site":"@drivesavers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michelle West","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/"},"author":{"name":"Michelle West","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8319da503f7e4ddd51903b6d8295be1c"},"headline":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate &#8211; Star Trek","datePublished":"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/"},"wordCount":823,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg","keywords":["Star Trek"],"articleSection":["Case Studies"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/","url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/","name":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate - Star Trek","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-25T22:58:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-05T13:17:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1c6573f5-302b-35c9-d387-4cf5806900d2.jpg","width":1200,"height":627},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/case-studies\/case-study-roddenberry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Estate &#8211; Star Trek"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/","name":"DriveSavers Data Recovery Services","description":"The Worldwide Leader in Data Recovery","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#organization","name":"DriveSavers Data Recovery","url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Logo-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Logo-01.png","width":1092,"height":1087,"caption":"DriveSavers Data Recovery"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriveSavers","https:\/\/x.com\/drivesavers","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drivesavers\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/drivesavers-data-recovery\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/drivesavers\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBlynLMdFWQgid-Gwm0zJ1A","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DriveSavers"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8319da503f7e4ddd51903b6d8295be1c","name":"Michelle West","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c820e118da73c12bbab9f3e84e4787eeda260d6c5c486643e5f474153469c728?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Michelle West"},"description":"DriveSavers Senior Marketing Manager Writing about DriveSavers, data recovery, or another technology-related topic? Contact us.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/west-michelle\/"],"url":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/author\/michelle\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83192,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60570\/revisions\/83192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60570"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=60570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}