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From: witzany@sparc1 (David Witzany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.163630.5256@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 27 Mar 91 16:36:30 GMT
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jra1@ra.MsState.Edu (Mephisto) writes:

>I hate this!  my internal drive has suddenly decided to find errors on everything

>It started when I used one of those disk head cleaner thingys on it.  
>Does anyone know if those can mess up a drive, or is it coincidence that
>my drive screwed up when it did?

>-jeff
>jra1@ra.msstate.edu


     I've been wondering about those cleaners, too.  I looked at the ingredientslist for the solution; it's mostly alcohol, but they've added an alkali to the
mix, as well.  Is this actually better for the drive, or should I switch to the
91% alcohol I use on my tape player's heads, instead?