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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.vintage |
| Subject | Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol |
| Date | 2025-03-31 12:24 +1300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vscjr1$2m1bc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <27091CC6.28%mrbusiness@aaathats3as.com> |
On 2025-03-30 22:23:10 +0000, Mr. Business said: > in article 140920240727420035%vintageapplemac@gmail.com, scole at > vintageapplemac@gmail.com wrote on 9/14/24 12:27 AM: >> >> Well, it's been a few months since I posted to the group asking how to >> restore "dead" floppies, and one tip* that was given was to use >> isopropyl alcohol. > > Sorry to reply so late, but does this involve swabbing the disk with alcohol > or somehow soaking its dust catcher? I happen to have the opposite problem: > almost all of my disks are now unwritable! More likely that's the drive. Perhaps the drive heads need cleaning and/or re-alignment. If it's an external drive then simply it might not be getting enough power (especially USB-powered drives - a different USB port and/or double USB cable might help).
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Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> - 2024-09-14 07:27 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-09-14 16:55 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol "Sebastian P." <info@cornica.org> - 2024-09-15 08:39 +0200
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> - 2024-09-29 08:14 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol "Mr. Business" <mrbusiness@aaathats3as.com> - 2025-03-30 16:23 -0600
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-03-31 12:24 +1300
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