Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:50376 comp.sys.mac.hardware:2177 comp.sys.mac.programmer:13080 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!cps3xx!usenet From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Everyone with an FDHD drive (or ANY floppy drive) Message-ID: <6865@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 11 Mar 90 17:40:09 GMT References: <4227@hub.UUCP> <110@atux01.UUCP> Reply-To: cookr@cpsin1.UUCP (Robert W Jr Cook) Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing Lines: 28 In article <110@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes: >[deleted] >this once for every 10 hours of drive use. The cleaning floppy is good for >8-12 uses, and then you should go out and buy another kit. Ok, so cleaning your drive is a good idea. However I must point out that cleaning your drives is a lot like brushing your teeth with sandpaper. It really acheives the desired effect, but maybe you shouldn't do it every day. The MOST I've ever cleaned the drive heads on my own Mac is about twice in the last 4 years, and I've *never* had a problem due to dust and dirt. The university computer lab I work for has 18 SEs in a classroom enviroment, and we have had to clean the drives about 2 times in the last year (average, approximately). Seems like over-cleaning would wear down the heads eventually. Our rule of thumb is to NOT clean them unless it seems worthwhile. Again, someone will probably flame me for this, but it seems that drive-cleaner manufactures might want people to clean their drives as much as possible, but this seems like it would eventually be counter-productive. >[deleted] >"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" (Just like doing your daily >hard disk backups!) Most definitely good advice. But is ten-ounces of prevention when only one-ounce was required a really good idea? Flame away! Robert Cook.