Re: Don't clean drives!! (was Re: Problems Detected with System 6)

[David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz]

In article <1993Jan25.165942.10473@zip.eecs.umich.edu> grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
> In article <1993Jan25.150843.18453@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mark@pokey.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning) writes:
> >
> >Since I clean the drives every month I didn't think the disk drives were
> >dirty but I cleaned them anyway.  No visible dirt - maybe microscopic? ;)
> 
> Ack!  Don't "clean" your 3.5" drives.  They rarely ever need it, if
> ever.  Even cleaning them once a year is probably too much.

Agreed!  I've never cleaned mine (since mid '87) and it is still
working fine.
-- 
David Empson

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