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Subject: Re: Disk Surface Damage
Message-ID: <570@uw-beaver>
Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 11:09:14 EST
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From: cornell!vax135!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!fortune!jones@uw-beaver.arpa (Dan Jones)

In article <444@uw-beaver> you write:
>From: decvax!ucf-cs!peora!jer@UCB-VAX
>
>On examining the surface of the disk, I found that the disk surface was
>uniformly covered with small, comet-shaped marks.  These are about 2 or
>3 millimeters long on the average, although they vary, and are extremely
>narrow.  One end (the same end on all the marks) is always widest, with
>the mark tapering off until it disappears at the other end.  They resemble
>scratches, except that depending on the angle of the incident light, the
>wide end seems irregular in shape.
>
I don't know anything about MACs, however, if the MAC floppy has a head
load solenoid, your problem would be caused by the head digging into the
disk surface when it is loaded.  It is an odd problem and I believe in 
any case you have a bad drive.  Cleaning the heads might make a difference.
Dan Jones

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