Re: Focus Drive //e woes

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

William Katz wrote:
> Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:
>
> > William Katz <wkatz@nyx.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe if Andy McFadden is watching, he could add this to the requested
> > > features list?
> > >
> > > - the ability to partition a physical drive attached to the pc in 'Focus
> > > Drive' format.
> > > - the ability to format the newly formed partitions in 'Focus Drive'
> > > format
> >
> > Already there, under "Ideas for tools":
> >
> > Add: partition & format utilities for CFFA, MicroDrive, and FocusDrive.
>
>
> I just noticed that in the requested feature list.
>
> Is there a good possibility for the ability to partition physical drives 
> in CFFA, MicroDrive, and FocusDrive formats in the works anytime soon? :)
>
> This feature would be a huge benefit to me, as I do not have an Apple 
> //gs, and can not partition any drive I would attach to my FocusCard.
>
>
> I also had a question about CiderPress:
>
> I used the "Volume copier (open volume)" on my physical FocusDrive and 
> created a 164mb focusdrive.po image file of the entire drive (all 6 
> partitions).  If I get a new drive, or format the current drive, is there 
> a way to re-image that drive with the focusdrive.po file? I could not find 
> it, if it exists?

Volume Copy will allow you to copy it back to a new drive.

But that would also copy the (partly) bad partition table, so you'd have
a drive that behaved just as your current one.  ;-(

-michael

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