Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: SE barfs all disks fed to it. Message-ID: <8909241503.aa16604@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 24 Sep 89 19:56:00 GMT References:Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 27 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). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)