Adrian said: > Tonight I got my imaging PC to successfully read some of the 8” disks from my > CPT8500 word processor using one of its own Tandon TM848-01 drives, sadly it > seems the boot disk is toast but I’ve been able to dump some of the data > disks as well as the Utilities. Since I have a box of unused disks I thought I’d try writing back an image but got a lot of CRC errors. Closer inspection of the disk itself shows this - http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/8inchFloppyImaging-7.jpg <http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/8inchFloppyImaging-7.jpg> - which looks like damp.> > Is it actually the magnetic coating breaking down? Dare I attempt cleaning?
If it was me I certainly would attempt cleaning, after all it was unreadable anyway. Perhaps try cleaning a test area with a cotton bud (Q-tip) and isopropyl alcohol. If the stuff comes off without oxide removal then I'd slice the top edge off the jacket to remove (with clean disposable gloves on a lint-free surface) and clean the whole disc and finally put into a clean jacket. Steve.
