Emax

Perhaps I should add something to my previous reply.
When accessing removable disks, EMXP almost always requests an EXCLUSIVE READ and WRITE access. This means: no other software should have access to this disk when EMXP is trying to access it.
This means that even software like Windows Explorer or similar should not have a view open on the disk. 
If you have a (windows explorer) view open on the J-drive, EMXP will return error 87. In that case, simply close windows explorer, or change the view in exploere by clickin on another drive, e.g. your hard drive...
If explorer is not open if EMXP returns 87, there may be some "background" software active which is holding a lock on the J-drive.

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
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> Strange.
> Error 87 does not mean that EMXP thinks the disk is not formatted well.
> It means that it can't access drive J (e.g. because there's no disk in it). It's really a basic error code thrown by a windows C function which tries to open the drive ;)
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> What I see sometimes is that one memory card drive is seen by Windows as multiple drives, e.g. J, K, L and M. In that case only of those seems to work for EMXP. I never investigated this in full detail to be honest...
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> ///E-Synthesist
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> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
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> > thats the same problem i have with cf cards thats why i always have to format them on the emax
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> > and i use 32mb cf cards but it does the zip drives ok
> > 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: soundsubs 
> >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:15 AM
> >   Subject: [emax] Re: Baldwin IKE CF addition mayhem
> > 
> > 
> >     
> >   > CF cards to be used in an Emax-I (=Baldwin Ike) can simply be formatted by DOS/Windows. Then use EMXP to generate an empty 20MB .EZ1 file, copy an Emax OS to this image (and sound banks) and copy=restore this image to the CF card.
> > 
> >   >>>thanks sir! i appreciate your software AND support. 
> >   keep in mind im still trying to format a 1GB kingston card to 20mb. if that matters... 
> > 
> >   so when i try to do this on 2.11.01, it consistently gives: 
> >   "Errorcode 87 Drive J can not be accessed"
> >   i can see drive j-- which is the CF card-- in windows (windows 7 if that matters) and format it, write to it, etc., but it seems that EMXP cant see or write to it. 
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