2016-01-16 17:42 GMT+01:00 Chuck Guzis <[email protected]>: > On 01/16/2016 03:02 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > > >> Try this for your Inmac disk (I used to buy cables and such from > them--Inmac blue): > > Bake the disk first. > > Get yourself some cyclomethicone (D5 lubricant) and coat both the front > and back of the disk by swabbing it on the surface, then rotating the > disk, then repeating until the entire surface is coated, then read the disk > immediately. D5 is somewhat volatile and will eventually evaporate > completely. I've used this method for very severely compromised disks and > tapes where the binder has actually bled through to the oxide surface with > great success. In the case of tapes, I mount the tape on my cleaning > machine and use a thick felt strip to wipe the stuff on. >
OK. I followed this very good advice and it was a 100% success! The disk which when I previously tried to read it sounded very bad and when I stopped the reading there was a circular track on the disk where you could see through it - now it read perfectly - not a lost sector! I baked it for approximately one hour before reading. It seems to have been enough. > > You can use any excess D5 to untangle your hair (used in a lot of shampoos > and horse grooming stuff). Utterly inert chemically. I guess that my daughters will have more use for it than I, but I doubt that they find a bottle marked "Deoxit D5" very appealing to use in their hair. Once again thanks for this piece of very good advice! > > > --Chuck > >
