28 Jun
2004
28 Jun
'04
3:52 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)floodgap.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Head Cleaners
http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
(or what do
you use to clean them when they don't read disks
correctly)?
Cotton bud and iso-propyl alcohol. Head-cleaning disks don't do a very
good job, especially if the head is really dirty.
I also add on that some forms of isopropyl alcohol are only 70% -- look
for the 91% solution if you can, since that evapourates more cleanly.
--
---------------------------------- personal: Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif.,
USA *
ckaiser(a)floodgap.com
-- "I [still] adore my Commodore
64"
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The 91% solution would be the same found in the cheap cassette tape cleaning
kits I assume.
The reason I brought this up is because a few days ago I started backing up
some vintage Mac software on my 840AV 68k Mac and it had a problem with a
few disks, so I switched to my IIfx (same type of drives) and it read those
disks no problem. I figured that the 840av disk drive just needed a bit of
cleaning since it has been reliable before the last incident. I don't think
I have ever cleaned any of the disk drives heads on my PC's (some of which I
had for 10 years or more), but I have used a vacuum to suck out the dust
that tends to accumulate in the faceplates on newer machines (since multiple
cooling fans tend to suck air and dust through disk drives).