[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Do Floppy Drive Cleaners

przemek.tomczak@canremote.uucp (PRZEMEK TOMCZAK) (01/30/90)

cP>I've had terrible misfortunes with audio tape drive and VCR cleaners
cP>so I thought I'd better ask to see if floppy drive cleaners can be
cP>recommended. The 5.25" drive on my XT is giving intermittent errors
cP>(Abort, Retry, Ignore), enough to be bothersome.  And the used AT
cP>clone I just installed is giving the same kind of errors on its 3.5"
cP>drive.

Could you please say when you get those intermittent errors (Abort,
Retry, Ignore)?  It would be easier to diagnose your problem.

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cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (02/04/90)

In article <90020121141430@masnet.uucp> przemek.tomczak@canremote.uucp (PRZEMEK TOMCZAK) writes:
$cP>recommended. The 5.25" drive on my XT is giving intermittent errors
$cP>(Abort, Retry, Ignore), enough to be bothersome.  And the used AT
$Could you please say when you get those intermittent errors (Abort,
$Retry, Ignore)?  It would be easier to diagnose your problem.

   And also what kind of errors they are ... Abort, Retry, Ignore just
means the computer is asking you what to do; it isn't an error message.
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Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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