14 Sep
2010
14 Sep
'10
4:28 p.m.
As far as I know, all of the vendors of the "cleaning diskettes" that were
available have stopped making them.
At last !
Does anyone know of a source?
Nop, thankfully. I value my drive heads too much. Doing a head
replacement nad alignment is a long job.
Failing that, what is the correct way of cleaning a floppy drive?
What I have always done -- on all sizes of floppy drive, is to take the
drive out of the casing, take off the cover and/or logic board if
necesary, and then clean the heads witha cotton bud (Q-tip) soaked in
propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol, isopropanol) Some manufacturers
specifically tell you not to do this for fear of damagingthe gimbal
spring for the upper head, but I've neer had any problems. Of course you
take care and don't exert much force on the upper head.
-tony