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- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Copyright 1990 by Randy Stack
- ║ CLEAN - Floppy Drive Head Cleaning Utility ║ ──────────────────────────────
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════╝ CLEAN <seconds> <drive number>
-
- The CLEAN utility is designed to assist in the head cleaning process by randomly
- cycling through tracks on your floppy drive. This ensures more uniform wear and
- longer life for your head cleaning diskette. Usual methods of activating drives
- (such as DIR) position the head over a fixed track each time.
-
- The <seconds> parameter sets the duration for the cleaning process, while <drive
- number> sets the floppy device (A: is 0, B: is 1, etc.). After pressing RETURN,
- you will be prompted to insert the cleaning disk and press any key. By pressing
- any key during cleaning, you may terminate CLEAN before <seconds> has elapsed.
-
- CLEAN works with 5.25 and 3.50 inch floppy drives, both in high- and low-density
- formats. As a measure of user protection, CLEAN will not permit access to fixed
- disk drives, nor will it affect any existing data on non-cleaning disks, so your
- files will be safe if you forget to insert a cleaning disk prior to activation.
-
- The program determines whether there is a disk in the drive to be cleaned and it
- will abort and return an error if a disk is not detected. The program will step
- through all tracks and sectors of the disk which will allow complete use of your
- cleaning disk. The 5.25" cleaning disk must have an index hole (sometimes called
- position hole) if this program is to recognize a disk is in the drive. The index
- hole is the small hole located 1/2 an inch from the center hub hole. Somtimes a
- cleaning disk is supplied (based upon manufacturer) without this index hole and
- you will need to cut one. The 3.5" disk does not use an index hole punched into
- the media itself to determine disk locations.
-
- In the event that you are executing CLEAN from the same floppy drive that you'll
- be cleaning, you will be prompted to insert the cleaning disk and press any key.
- Upon completion of the cleaning process, the "remove cleaning disk" message will
- be displayed. Take out your cleaning disk and replace it with the original disk
- from which CLEAN was executed and press any key.
-
- If you find CLEAN to be somewhat useful (or, at the very least, mildly amusing),
- please send a meager contribution of $2 to $4 (or whatever you feel it's worth):
- Randy Stack, 6222 Brookhill Circle, Orlando, Florida 32810. This will, in turn,
- assist me in achieving the ultimate goal of using the fruits of my technology to
- obtain a nutritious breakfast. Not only will you be assured of staying informed
- regarding future releases, you'll also get the peace of mind that I'm well fed.
-
- The user assumes the risk as to the quality and performance of this program. In
- no event will the above be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
- consequential damages as a result of program use, whether in contract or tort.
-
- This program cannot be included with a commercially published program unless the
- permission of the author is obtained. This documentation file must be included
- with the executable file when distributed.
-
- Included with this documentation file is the CLEAN.EXE program which can be run
- according to the above instructions and 2 batch files. The CLEAN_A.BAT file will
- activate your drive A for 30 seconds and the CLEAN_B.BAT will activate your disk
- drive B for 30 seconds. Enjoy....
-