Cleaning disk packs (was: RK05 images)

[Lyle Bickley]

On Sunday 10 December 2006 19:47, William Donzelli wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, what's your procedure for cleaning them?
>
> The proper procedure is to pay $50 for one of the legacy disk vendors
> to clean them correctly.

The 8th Printing (Third Edition) of the RK05 maintenance manual has in section 
5.3.8 "Cartridge Cleaning Procedure". It's quite detailed and explains how to 
discern regular wear from different types of real damage; lots of details of 
how to clean, etc. (I looked at an earlier edition of the manual - and that 
section was not present.)

I have cleaned many RL0x and RK05 packs - and never had a disk crash or loss 
of data as a result of cleaning.

For those of us who have replaced heads on RL0x drives - cleaning a pack is in 
contrast a very simple procedure. I never use any pack I obtain from a third 
party without cleaning it before use.

Do follow the instructions in the maintenance manual.

I always use absolute isopropal alcohol (i.e., 99.95%) and lint free pads, 
etc. to clean packs - in as clean an environment as possible.

Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com

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