When I'm archiving disks and begin to get unrecoverable errors, I do a head cleaning and, if the errors go away, it was a dirty head; but if they don't, something's wrong with the disk.
Sellam On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 5:29 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 > > > >
