I've got myself a floppy cleaning disk but I'm at a loss on how to actually use it and don't want to try incase I ruin something
giobbi's post seems informative in that the RW head is moved over the wet part of the square 'disk' without it actually spinning (using ImageDisk). Outside of this I can't find much information how to actually use these things or at least where and how to apply the alcohol.
The kit I have contains a circular disk which looks like it's designed to spin, but I'm not sure if the whole fabric disk should be wet with alcohol or just part visible at the RW slit? If only the slit visible part of the fabric is wet with alcohol then as the disk spins it will only make contact with the cleaning fluid N times per minute? I also note that the disks I have have no index hole so the disk just spins when in the drive, not sure whether this was an intentional design decision or not.
How should this best be done? Thanks
giobbi's post seems informative in that the RW head is moved over the wet part of the square 'disk' without it actually spinning (using ImageDisk). Outside of this I can't find much information how to actually use these things or at least where and how to apply the alcohol.
The kit I have contains a circular disk which looks like it's designed to spin, but I'm not sure if the whole fabric disk should be wet with alcohol or just part visible at the RW slit? If only the slit visible part of the fabric is wet with alcohol then as the disk spins it will only make contact with the cleaning fluid N times per minute? I also note that the disks I have have no index hole so the disk just spins when in the drive, not sure whether this was an intentional design decision or not.
How should this best be done? Thanks
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