8 Jan
2023
8 Jan
'23
5:48 p.m.
For 5.25" RX50 floppies, I imaged 400 of them before I needed to clean the
drive... and even then I'm not sure it needed it...
Warner
On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 6:29 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