2 Aug
2014
2 Aug
'14
10:49 p.m.
On 08/02/2014 09:46 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
Have any of y'all seen this kind of problem
before? Is it likely to
be repairable, even if that involves removing the heads and then
realigning the drive when I reinstall them? Or is it most likely that
the drive is fine and I've just been putting bad disks in it? I don't
have any alignment diskettes yet, but I may get some one of these
days.
I see this more than I'd care to. A lot of disks that are only 20 years
old are developing binder failures. This is first cousin to the
infamous "sticky shed" problem talked about in the audio tape forums.
Some brands are worse than others.
The solution is the same for old disks--bake them at about 140F/58C for
several hours. The same goes for flaky tapes.
Clean your drive heads, and try some known-good media.
--Chuck