Re: Apple IIe - 2nd floppy drive acting up

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@bellsouth.net>]

On 7/5/07 9:46 PM, in article
1183686406.434465.48530@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com, "Polymorph"
<polymorph69@hotmail.com> wrote:


> 
> Josh,
> 
> The problem is more likely to be dirty heads in your second drive, as
> using old dusty disks will leave nasty deposits on your drives heads.
> 
> There is a document floating around the internet explaining the
> process of cleaning the heads - I know, because I followed it some
> months back to clean the heads in my drives. Although not difficult to
> do, it is handy to have the document at your side, as it has fairly
> detailed instructions on pulling the drive apart and what  to actually
> clean for the uninitiated.
> 
> If I can't dig this document up, I'm sure someone else here will know
> what I'm referring to.
> 
> By the way, once I had cleaned the heads in my drives, they worked
> flawlessly.

Just curious as to your opinion on disk head cleaners, the type with a
floppy disk with a pad in the middle that you put alcohol on and run through
your drive.

I used these for many years without difficulties. Then recently, have had to
toss about 3 3.5" drives while using one such cleaner on those drives. One
use, and they fail to work thereafter.

Fortunately, 3.5" drives aren't a problem for me as I have a box of
newly-pulled drives (about 30).