If I have Read Disk Config. ticked it gives a can't write fat error, but if I untick that and specify 09/79 it works. Are there instructions for this anywhere?Cosmic Puppet wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:48 pm The Fat DD setting caused a horrid noise from my drive and I had to abort when it said something about the head. I thought Read Disk Config would take care of it. Mine only formatted at 09 sectors and 79 tracks.
Floppy drive broken.
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Are you reading disk config after trying to format it badly ? because if so, your just reading bad config and trying to format with them. Sounds like you just need to format 9/79 then as if anything else doesn't work, then your drive must be pretty bad not to even support 10 seconds or 82 tracks.
EDIT: The default preset button does 9/79.
EDIT: The default preset button does 9/79.
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Where as this Fast Copy Pro has a lot more settings which I don't understand.
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You don't need to change anything at all.. pretty much load the program, click default preset, click format disk, you don't need to do or change anything else. Thats it!Cosmic Puppet wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:09 pm Where as this Fast Copy Pro has a lot more settings which I don't understand.
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Aw. Got you. Just pressed it. I should go back to bed until I have a brain. It's probably my memories of using fast copy 3 getting in the way. Sorry dude. Feel like an idiot!!!!exxos wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:01 pm Are you reading disk config after trying to format it badly ? because if so, your just reading bad config and trying to format with them. Sounds like you just need to format 9/79 then as if anything else doesn't work, then your drive must be pretty bad not to even support 10 seconds or 82 tracks.
EDIT: The default preset button does 9/79.
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