Re: IIe disk backup problem

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

Are you using DD (double density) floppy disks?

"Gareth" <cuillin@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> I've recently bought an Apple IIe with two 5.25" disk drives from a
> garage sale. It all works fine, but some of the disks are in poor
> condition and I'd like to back them up to younger disks before they
> fall apart.
>
> The disks I want to dupe already contain - how can I put this -
>  "backups" of commercial software (mostly games), accessed by a custom
> multiload menu system - a pretty simple BASIC program that autoruns
> when you fire up the computer, and BRUNs each game when you press the
> appropriate menu key.
>
> Thing is, when trying to dupe these disks, even using the backup
> utilities supplied with the computer (Locksmith 5.1, Crazy Copy), the
> dupes don't work - they don't even get as far as autobooting the menu
> system. Instead, the drive makes that mechanical graunching noise it
> does when you've inserted a disk of the wrong format.
>
> The backup utilities don't report any problems during the duping
> process - they write and verify OK. Can anyone suggest any solutions?
> Yes, I know that I shouldn't be trying to extend the life of what are
> cracked copies of commercial software, but I want to play these games
> and I can't buy them in the stores...
>
> Cuillin
>
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