This won't work. Prophet 2000/2002 disks are formatted differently at hardware level (apparently). sorry. ac > -----Original Message----- > From: > sentto-3497352-210-1047079176-lists=ftg.co.uk@....y > ahoo.com > [mailto:sentto-3497352-210-1047079176-lists=ftg.co.uk@returns. > groups.yahoo.com] On Behalf Of sad_pierrot > Sent: 07 March 2003 23:20 > To: prophet2000@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [prophet2000] Re: formatting disks > > > http://www.inetix.fr/sites_heberg/prophet3000/ > > the link on the bottom of that page is the copyqm program. it's > fairly straight forward once you get it running, but just ask if you > have any problems figuring it out. i'm not sure why it wouldn't > work, if you're simply making a perfect duplicate of a factory > sequential disk (which you could then just delete the samples from > and use like a formatted blank, as i've done with the p3k before), > the p2k shouldn't really be able to tell the difference. good luck. > > > > > --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, stuart currie <snmcur@y...> wrote: > > That sounds great. Is it small enough to email? > > > > --- sad_pierrot <sad_pierrot@y...> wrote: > > > i dont have a p2k, nor am i really familiar with > > > double sided disks, > > > but if you can use them in a standard pc floppy > > > drive, you could use > > > a program like copyqm to rip an image file of your > > > working formatted > > > disks, and then apply that image to the new disks, > > > which would then > > > be perfect 'formatted' copies of the source disk you > > > used. i can > > > send you the program (an old dos program) if you'd > > > like to give it a > > > try. it's worked for me with my p3k when certain > > > disks didn't want > > > to format properly. > > > > > > > > > --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "snmcur" > > > <snmcur@y...> wrote: > > > > My p2k is running o.s. 3 and has the double sided > > > drive - late > > > serial > > > > number. Bought some blank dsdd disks from route > > > 66 studios, and I > > > > get the "IF" error when trying to format. The > > > manual suggests that > > > > any blank will do, then recommends buying disks > > > from a Mac store. > > > > Has anyone experienced this problem, not being > > > able to format a > > > disk > > > > because of "improper format"? > > > > p.s. loads disks from wine country without issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > prophet2000-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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RE: [prophet2000] Re: formatting disks
2003-03-07 by ac
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