On 04/07/2016 12:12 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I'll go one step further and state that if you hear your drive squealing, throw the disk away and clean the heads before you insert another disk.
If you even get the opportunity. I remember a disk - it was either Parrot or Wabash, I loathe them in equal measure as they seem particularly prone to binder problems - once squeaking in a drive, immediately followed by a crunch as one of the drive heads parted company with the surrounding structure. The heads had only just been cleaned, so all it took was the single read attempt to destroy the drive.
Thankfully it's only happened to me the once, but it was annoying as it was in a vintage machine with dual drives, which means at some point I need to find a matching replacement (or replace the junk + good drive with a matched pair)
cheers Jules
