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Re: copyprotected pianosoft disks CD drive vs. Floppy drive

2005-08-11 by londierowleik

thank you Robert!
finally I got the backups finished:
NOW, making a CD for the backup is easy(...)
BUT does the Disklavier can read the midis or .fil from a CD???

If yes, tell me more about, ok?!
Lonnie

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Robert Welcyng <rwelcyng@a...> 
wrote:
> There are several ways to backup PianoSoft diskettes.
> 
> One way is to use the DKV utilities available for downloading on 
this 
> Yahoo Group.
> 
> Another is to purchase the Giebler Yamaha Disk Manager program.  See 
> www.giebler.com.  This program requires a true DOS maichine.  It 
> recognizes and abides by Yamaha's copy-protected diskettes--you 
cannot 
> copy the diskette directly.  However, you can copy each of the song 
> files and reconstruct a non-protected copy of the original diskette
..
> 
> My suggestion for back-up is to put all your PianoSoft backup 
material 
> on a single CD rather than 2DD floppies.
> 
> londierowleik wrote:
> 
> >hey
> >i want make a backup of my pianosoft disk collection.
> >is there a way?
> >is there a utility?
> >dkvcopy does (of course) not do this job
> >
> >any help?
> >thanks you all
> >best wishes, Lonnie
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