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How to clean a 5 1/4" diskette

Tomse 3 min Published Nov 2012

About this video

A diskette that has sat in an attic or basement tends to grow something, the maker says, and the video sets out a way of cleaning a 5.25 inch one.

Good to know: A solvent, if one is used, is flammable and the fumes need ventilation.

Why watch it

The disk itself is cleaned here, not the drive. At three minutes it covers one method for a diskette that has grown something in storage.

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