jamesbeat
Experienced Member
Every time I come across an old PC being junked, one of the items I routinely strip out of them (if I can't save the whole machine) is the floppy drive.
I have eight or nine 3-1/2" drives now, and they all suffer from the same problem to some extent - dust bunnies.
I'm not talking a bit dusty, these drives have evidently sat for years mostly unused with the PCs fan busily sucking in dust laden air.
This is especially bad with the drives I pulled from Dell machines, as they are a more open design.
They all have large clumps of dust that resembles dryer lint inside them. I have gotten most of it out, but there is still so much dust in there that there's no way they could be powered up safely, let alone have a disk inserted.
What should I do about this?
I'd like to get them completely clean and packed away safely in esd bags for when I need them.
I have eight or nine 3-1/2" drives now, and they all suffer from the same problem to some extent - dust bunnies.
I'm not talking a bit dusty, these drives have evidently sat for years mostly unused with the PCs fan busily sucking in dust laden air.
This is especially bad with the drives I pulled from Dell machines, as they are a more open design.
They all have large clumps of dust that resembles dryer lint inside them. I have gotten most of it out, but there is still so much dust in there that there's no way they could be powered up safely, let alone have a disk inserted.
What should I do about this?
I'd like to get them completely clean and packed away safely in esd bags for when I need them.