On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 6:29 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable to clean the drive? > I managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive > hooked up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”. > The next two floppies have had errors. Though I think I was able to > successfully copy all the files off the one. > > Also, what is floppy drive cleaning fluid made of, and how well does it > age? I know I’ve got at least a couple cleaning floppies around here, but > they’re *OLD*. > Also, a normal USB Floppy drive can only handle 1.44MB formatted floppies. 720k might work (but there is nothing in the standards to describe this) and oddball formats are right out. Warner > > >
