Head Cleaners

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Jun 28 17:25:45 2004

>
> How often do you people use a head cleaner to keep your floppy drives =

Never!. I'd rather take the time to clean the heads properly than have to
hunt for a new head carriage and spend time aligning it.

> running (or what do you use to clean them when they don't read disks =
> correctly)?

Remove the drive from the machine, remove covers and PCB as necessary and
clean the heads with a cotton bud soaked in propan-2-ol (isopropyl
alcohol).

-tony
Received on Mon Jun 28 2004 - 17:25:45 BST