Re: Dying Apple 3.5 drive

[mjmahon@aol.com (MJMahon)]

Adam writes:

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...had several people suggest to me to clean the drive.  However, would a
dirty drive have problems writing to a disk but still read fine?  Also, on
those disks that still format, I notice slight delays during formatting. 
That is, the regular sound as the stepper motor clicks now has pauses
where the drive appears to just spin and then it continues. 

What I'm looking for is other people who have had a similar problem.  Did 
cleaning the drive help or did you get a new/used drive without trying to 
clean it.  I'm just trying to make the final decision.  Is there any way 
a deffective cable, GS, or other hardware could cause these problems?

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Adam, take their advice and _clean your drive_!

It's a trivial thing to do, and _much_ cheaper than replacing it.

And, yes, a dirty head can do all the things you mention.

-michael

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