"Jay West" <jlwest(a)tseinc.com> wrote: Hi Jay Years ago, while working for Intel, our group received a 10 Meg hard drive ( one fixed/one removable platter ) that had been water damaged. The fixed disk had been damaged and coating from the disk was built up on the head. We used a Q tip and rubbing alcohol to clean the head and used it for the remainder of time I was at Intel. We used an extra removable platter as a source to replace the damaged fixed disk. I would suggest using jewelers rouge or some optical grade cerium oxide instead of tooth paste. Remember that the tolerances on these old heads was a lot slacker than current day heads. It is mostly important that the head doesn't have spikes that might drag on the platter. Dwight