Re: Apple Disk Question

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Jonathan Herr replied:

>mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message
>news:<20040128031940.22006.00000640@mb-m22.aol.com>...
>> Jonathan Herr wrote:
>> 
>> >I am a relative nOOb to this system, and need to know that if i have a
>> >disk that when in the boot disk (the 5 1/4 drive) and it says 'Unable
>> >to load Prodos', if it's safe to just copy the contents of the drive
>> >to another 5 1/4 disk drive (just drag & drop)?
>> 
>> Should work fine.
>> 
>> That message means that you have attempted to boot a
>> ProDOS-formatted disk that does not have the ProDOS
>> operating system on it.
>> 
>> -michael
>> 
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>
>So that means that i can just copy the contents (files) to another
>prodos formatted floppy?  Cause the disk's jacket is starting to crack
>(it wasn't my disk originally.)  I got it from a library that was
>getting rid of it's old apple II software.

Yes, that should work fine.

There is nothing to lose in trying to copy an old floppy, unless
the mechanical stress of spinning it in a drive is what you're
concerned about.

Old disks in marginal condition should always be copied to
fresh media as soon as possible.

-michael

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