Disklavier

Carol,

I have been trying to duplicate my pianosoft disk, however, do you need
Double Density Disks to make a copy or will it work with the HD floppy
disks.

I remember trying with HD disks and couldn't seem to get it to work. Maybe I
am doing something wrong.

Thanks, Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Beigel <carolrpt@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: USB to Midi In/Out


>I don't think you have a problem.  The DOS copy utility (DKcopy) makes an
>exact copy of your original PianoSoft disk with the exception of the first
>boot sector so your computer can see it.  The files on the copy (.fil) can
>be seen by your computer. The files on the original PianoSoft disk cannot
be
>seen by your computer so you don't have to worry too much about overwriting
>the original. Use the write protect tab on the original before you even put
>it into your computer.
>
>You can do the archiving in several ways.  You can make 2 copies of each
>diskette - one to save .fil files and the other to to convert to midi
files.
>Once you have used the utility to make the first copy, the second copy can
>be made from the first one like any other disk you wish to copy using Disk
>Copy. Or just make a folder on your hard drive and copy the .fil files to
>it.  That way you can keep using the same diskette over and over.  Use
>subdirectories with the disk catalog number so you maintain exact copies of
>your original disks. Then burn the whole directory to a CD.  You are simply
>archiving a copy of all your songs in ESEQ format.
>
>To make MIDI copies of the files you want to put in your play lists, copy
>the .fil files to a diskette, then run the convert program.  Each .fil file
>on this diskette then beomes a .mid file.  That is where my caution about
>overwriting files comes from!  Again, make a directory on your hard drive
to
>store the midi files and copy them from the diskettes.
>
>Just remember that as you create your own diskettes, not to mix file
>formats.  Put only .fil files on a disk, or just MIDI format 0 files on a
>disk, or MIDI format 1 files on a disk.  The Disklavier will only play
files
>like the first one it sees on a disk.
>
>I have a FAT32 formatted 40 gig hard drive, use Windows 98 and have no
>problems.  Just restart the computer in DOS mode and everything works
great.
>  I bought a case of disks, made copies of the originals and put them away.
>I probably have a few thousand MIDI files I have collected from the
Internet
>and I just store those on my hard drive, and of course, have burned a data
>CD to back them up!   You can't play MIDI files directly from a CD anyway
in
>a Disklavier, so the CD is simply used to back up the data.
>
>Carol Beigel
>
>
>>From: "ubec2002" <ubec2002@...>
>>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [disklavier] Re: USB to Midi In/Out
>>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 04:06:20 -0000
>>
>>Do I need DOS 6.22 or earlier?  Reason for asking is that my hardisk
>>is FAT32 and over 2Gb.  That means if I boot with DOS 6.22 or
>>earlier, I can't copy the .fil files over to my Hard Drive since the
>>OS won't see it.
>>
>>I guess I can always use another diskette (with copy a: b: command)
>>before converting it to midi.  I sure don't want to overwrite my
>>original diskettes.
>>
>>Thanks again for this one.  It would have been a major disaster :-)
>>