25 Feb
2002
25 Feb
'02
11:46 p.m.
For floppies,
I just break 'em open any way I can,
and then use bare, clean hands with dish detergent.
Let dry on a lint-free rag and you're through.
Jerome Fine replies:
I am trying to recover some files from an DEC RX02 (8" SSDD)
floppy. After you clean the media, how do you put it back into
the drive? I have one floppy that has over 100 error blocks
(can't be read)
out of 988. Others have just a few. Is it possible to only spot clean
the ones with a few errors without removing the jacket?
Dunno- let us know!
Will Formula 409 work with floppy media? Where
can it be purchased?
Oh, it's a common household cleaner here in the U.S... a
comparable cleaner is Fantastik.
-dq
26 Feb
26 Feb
1:50 a.m.
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
For floppies, I just break 'em open any way I
can,
and then use bare, clean hands with dish detergent.
Let dry on a lint-free rag and you're through.
Jerome Fine replies:
I am trying to recover some files from an DEC RX02 (8" SSDD)
floppy. After you clean the media, how do you put it back into
the drive? I have one
floppy that has over 100 error blocks (can't be read)
out of 988. Others have just a few. Is it possible to only spot clean
the ones with a few errors without removing the jacket?
Dunno- let us know!
Will Formula
409 work with floppy media? Where
can it be purchased?
Oh, it's a common household cleaner here in the U.S... a
comparable cleaner is Fantastik. Joe wrote:
If you just want to be able to read it long enough to recover it's data
then don't put it back in a jacket! Just put the bare disk into the drive
and copy it. I know several people that have successfully done this with 5
1/4" disk. However if your dirve has a spring loaded ejector, you may need
to open up the housing and push the ejector back by hand.
I will try that also if I go that far.
Thank you both for the help!
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