9 Jan
2023
9 Jan
'23
5:20 a.m.
When I'm archiving disks and begin to get unrecoverable errors, I do a head
cleaning and, if the errors go away, it was a dirty head; but if they
don't, something's wrong with the disk.
Sellam
On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 5:29 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable
to clean the drive?
I managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive
hooked up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”.
The next two floppies have had errors. Though I think I was able to
successfully copy all the files off the one.
Also, what is floppy drive cleaning fluid made of, and how well does it
age? I know I’ve got at least a couple cleaning floppies around here, but
they’re *OLD*.
Zane