Re: Copy ][+ Error $51!?

[Scott Sweeting <dack@pacbell.net>]

Stavros Robert Karatsoridis wrote:
> 
> Edhel Iaur, Esq. (drsmooth@relex.com) wrote:
> : My 3.5 copy of AppleWorks 3 said "Error loading ATINIT" (on my //c, no
> : less), so I tried using Copy ][+ 9.1 to copy ProDOS 2.0.3 over the top
> : of the apparently broken copy of ProDOS 1.7 on the AppleWorks disk.
> : As expected, Copy ][+ said "File PRODOS already exists & is locked.",
> : and I chose "[C]opy anyway".  It then ran the drive, cleared the
> : screen, and informed me so:
> 
> : Error $51
> 
> : Does anybody know what the heck this means?  Should I just toss this
> : copy of AW and salvage what I can?  Is my AW disk physically damaged?
> : I told Copy ][+ to scan the disk for errors, and it found none.
> 
> --SNIP!--
> 
> If memory serves me right, I believe that $51 is a ProDOS MLI error
> code meaning "I/O error." I would copy all the other files to another
> disk, as I don't think that AW 3.0 is copy protected.
> 
>         Stavros
> 
> BTW, I/O error can be anything, not just a  bad block on the disk.

Maybe $51 is the cost to get your data back? (well, someone had to say
it...)
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