ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL | MAINTENANCE |
As of yet, no cleaning diskette can be authorized for use on the Elite Two and Three drives. This is due to the difference in the structural design of the second read/write head on these drives from the structure of the primary head shared among all the Elite drives.
If you decide to make use of the Perfect Data Systems diskette on an Elite One (or Disk II), make absolutely sure that the second (upper) surface of the cleaning diskette is covered. The Elite One (and Disk ii) have felt pads which are designed to glide on the upper surface of single sided diskettes, and these pads will very quickly wear away if “scrubbed" by a cleaning diskette. Also, make absolutely sure that none of the supplied cleaning solution is on the covering for the upper diskette surface (Elite One and Disk II). Should the covering become damp you will end up contaminating the felt pad in the drive.
Regardless of what cleaning diskette is used, there is absolutely no reason for any disk drive ‘s read/write head to require cleaning more often than once a year (regardless of what your head cleaning diskette instructions say). One of the worst things you can possibly do to your drive (apart from drop kicking it) is to over clean the read/write heads. The abrasive nature of the head cleaning diskettes place excessive wear on the head surface.
Head cleaning on the Elite Two and Three drives, and any other form of maintenance on any Elite drive should be left to your dealer provided the
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