Joop van der Velden wrote:

I think that with the proper tools and careful work in a relatively
clean enviroment (bathroom), you could very well try to repair the
drive and stand a good chance. Although I would start with building
the disk pack in a working same model drive, and not changing heads.


From my years of using a bathroom as a darkroom, dust is pretty
prevalent even there. But if you vacuum every surface first, including
walls and ceilings, you cut it way down.