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Title: Problem making a copy
Post by: Gravedigger on February 09, 2025, 11:14:33 PM
I'm trying to copy the 2nd floppy disk of a game that I have (detana twin bee which is defective). I have an XVI with 2 5.25 drives and I use "floppymastering" to copy the game onto a new 3M floppy disk that I just received.

I found the games in "dim" format, so I converted it to xdf via "virtual floppy image" and transferred everything to my X68000.  I first format the disc, and then rename the game to DISK.2HD. I then run !Write.bat and after 1 minute the copy is finished.    The problem is that when I want to read the disk it is "empty", under LHES it tells me NO FILES.    I tested my XDF file with the "Xm6" emulator and it is functional.  I don't understand 0_o
Title: Re: Problem making a copy
Post by: Gravedigger on February 10, 2025, 01:06:04 AM
I just found other versions of the game and this time it works... however the floppy disks crash when starting the game (on the pink warning screen).   I did another test with the games ready to be copied present in the C drive of the "sxsi-scsi" image and I noticed that I have a lot of CRC errors when I make copies.  I always do "Retry<R>" and it ends up working but hey... I don't know if it's "normal"
Title: Re: Problem making a copy
Post by: Gravedigger on February 10, 2025, 04:38:45 AM
I think I understood my mistake... my floppy disks are 5.25 DD and not HD.   I think that's where all my problems come from.
Title: Re: Problem making a copy
Post by: incrediblehark on February 10, 2025, 02:36:39 PM
If you're in the US and need any disks to test out I can mail a few to you, just send me a pm.
Title: Re: Problem making a copy
Post by: Gravedigger on February 10, 2025, 07:20:13 PM
Very kind of you to suggest. 

I bought 3M Ds, HD Floppy Disks yesterday, I should receive them at the end of the week.