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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SE barfs all disks fed to it.
Message-ID: <11134@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 22 Sep 89 21:45:50 GMT
References: <2384@netcom.UUCP> <127500047@tippy> <7804@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <7804@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) writes:
-Disk drive cleaning kits do more damage than good, thier use is not
-recommended.  Disk drives do not need cleaning under normal use, ...
-cleaning kits for VCRs (and possibly CD cleaners too) are just as
-abrasive, and end up putting more wear on the mechanism than a long
-period of normal use.

This strikes me as utter hogwash.  Every magnetic media handler
manufacturer I've dealt with has recommended periodic cleaning.
(Tape drives, disk heads, etc.)