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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SE barfs all disks fed to it.
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Date: 24 Sep 89 19:56:00 GMT
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On Fri, 22 Sep 89 21:45:50 GMT you said:
>In article <7804@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
> writes:
>-Disk drive cleaning kits do more damage than good, their use is not
>-recommended.
>
>This strikes me as utter hogwash.  Every magnetic media handler
>manufacturer I've dealt with has recommended periodic cleaning.
>(Tape drives, disk heads, etc.)

Periodic cleaning by a technition or using a 'head cleaning kit?'  Everyone
I've talked to on the subject (mostly techs and repair people -- most of
whom were NOT trying to sell me something) have said that the kits do more
harm than good.  That is NOT saying that cleaning, aligning, and other
servicing isn't recommended.  In my personal experience, disk head, VCR
heads, casette tape heads, etc. run a LOT of hours before truly needing
cleaning (assuming normal care and storage of media).

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