For 5.25" RX50 floppies, I imaged 400 of them before I needed to clean the drive... and even then I'm not sure it needed it...
Warner On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 6:29 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable to clean the drive? > I managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive > hooked up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”. > The next two floppies have had errors. Though I think I was able to > successfully copy all the files off the one. > > Also, what is floppy drive cleaning fluid made of, and how well does it > age? I know I’ve got at least a couple cleaning floppies around here, but > they’re *OLD*. > > Zane > > > >
