24 Nov
2009
24 Nov
'09
6:04 p.m.
On Nov 24, 2009, at 1:08 PM, geoffrey oltmans wrote:
Dumb question (perhaps), but do the relative positions
of the disk
platters in the pack matter on these systems? I suppose it might for
interleaving purposes for data already recorded.
I would suspect yes but never having cleaned multi-platter packs, I'd
only do that on packs that I don't care about the data (ie I'm going
to format the pack as soon as it's "clean"). If I care about the data
that *might* be on them I probably wouldn't disassemble (ie de-stack)
the pack.
TTFN - Guy
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From: Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 2:53:27 PM
Subject: Re: Cleaning packs
That's pretty much the method I use, mostly on RK05 packs. I think I
still
have 2 alignment packs, which I should clean before using. I had a
homemade
RK05 exercisor which also did alignments, but I loaned it to
someone on the
list to use, reverse engineer, and make available to the list about
2 years
ago. Haven't heard from him since. I have 1 or 2 new linear
positioners, and
maybe a few used ones here somewhere
Paul
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com>
wrote:
On Nov 24, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
One thing that I fear is that the knowledge to *properly* clean a
pack
Generally what I do is the following (note that I've only cleaned
RK05 and
RL packs):
1. blow out any dust/grime with compressed air
2. do an initial cleaning of the outside of the pack with alcohol
and lint
free cloths
3. disassemble the pack
4. clean platter with alcohol and lint free cloths. This also
provides the
opportunity to inspect the surfaces. I toss any platter that shows
any
abnormalities (cleaning up after a head crash is too time consuming
to waste
on a marginal pack)
5. clean the remainder of the pack with alcohol and lint free cloths.
6. use lots of compressed air
7. reassemble the pack
It takes me 1/2 hour to 1 hour to clean a pack. I do this in a
bright well
lit and well ventilated space. I haven't had a single head crash
since I
started doing this. I've probably done a few dozen packs this way.
However, I have ~300 pack backlog. :-(
TTFN - Guy
is going
away. There is (was?) a place near Boston that would do
it,
and I am sure Farris can as well, but I know of no others.
It would be nice to document how packs are cleaned, so we can do
this
in the future.
I was going to ask the same, how do you clean a pack?