25 Jul
2011
25 Jul
'11
1:45 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:21:39 -0700
Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
In which case, screw in the adjustment screws so they just touch the
tails of the heads. Lock them in that position, and remove the heads.
Clean thm and put them back without touching the adjusting screws. It's
not close enough for interchangablilty, but if the heads are good you'll
be able to foramt, read and write with it.
[...]
Depends. Heads aren't *that* hard to
replace.
I know. I had a quick look at the maintenance manual.
However, interchange between your drive and
others can be an issue
Interchangeability is no issue. I have only one drive and
don't need to
read / write other peoples media. conditions and time. Meanwhile I removed the damaged
disk from the
RK05. If I am in real luck the headcrash may be before track 0. So the
disk may be usable. But the drive needs a tough cleaning. The foam used
Err no!. If the disk is damaged, the heads will not fly over it, and the
ehads load at th eoutside edge of the disk. If that area of the disk is
damaged, the ehads will crash every time, and will be damaged.
-tony