78 out of engagement with drive surface 20 of capstan 16 thus carriage 54 is not reciprocated by drive transmission 56 however capstan cleaning pad 106 is also moved forwardly and cleaning cassette 40 is then ready to be inserted within the drive unit such that capstan cleaning pad 106 will abut drive surface 20 of capstan 16 as shown in fig5 in this position pad 106 is compressed against drive surface 20 such that as capstan 16 rotates about shaft 18 cleaning of drive surface 20 occurs a cleaning solution such as a hydrocarbon solution may be applied to pad 106 to improve the cleaning ability foreign matter and glazing of drive surface 20 are thus corrected with cleaning cartridge 40 and cleaning activation mechanism 108 pivoted into this position the advantages to cleaning cartridge 40 of the present invention are numerous some of which have been discussed above the belt drive system of drive transmission 56 allows for significant speed reduction for slower movement of head cleaner 58 with high speed drives that are typically in use also with high speed drives noise can be a serious problem which drive transmission 56 helps to solve by using first and second belts 83 and 87 also the arrangement of cleaning cartridge 40 such that all elements that contact a prior art cartridge tape can be cleaned provides significant advantages foreign matter and magnetic particle buildup are prevalent on.