10 Jul
2018
10 Jul
'18
6:25 p.m.
Adrian said:
Tonight I got my imaging PC to successfully read some
of the 8? disks from my CPT8500 word processor using one of its own Tandon TM848-01
drives, sadly it seems the boot disk is toast but I?ve been able to dump some of the data
disks as well as the Utilities. Since I have a box of unused disks
I thought I?d try
writing back an image but got a lot of CRC errors. Closer inspection of the disk itself
shows this - http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/8inchFloppyImaging-7.jpg
<http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/8inchFloppyImaging-7.jpg> - which looks like
damp.>
Is it actually the magnetic coating breaking down?
Dare I attempt cleaning?
If it was me I certainly would attempt cleaning, after all it was unreadable anyway.
Perhaps try cleaning a test area with a cotton bud (Q-tip)
and isopropyl alcohol. If the stuff comes off without oxide removal then I'd slice the
top edge off the jacket to remove (with clean disposable
gloves on a lint-free surface) and clean the whole disc and finally put into a clean
jacket.
Steve.