Re: AE PCT Hard Drive Corrupted

["Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>]

"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
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> "Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com> wrote in message
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> >I never did find out how the PC data was stored on the ProDOS file.
>
> The PC-Transporter ProDOS file(s) are quite simply a block for block image
> of an MS-DOS partition. The second file (if present) simply starts at the
> "next" block following the first file.
>
> For what it's worth, both the original MS-DOS Utilities and the MUG! NDA can
> read and write files on PC-Transporter Hard Disk partitions.
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible!  ;-)
>

Thanks Peter,

I probably should have known that, but at the time I had the data corruption
problem I knew almost nothing about MS-DOS (boot sectors, file allocation
tables, etc.) so I didn't know what was supposed to be where.  If I remember
correctly the AEPC drive image file was completely unusable.  I couldn't boot
it or access files on it if I booted from another image.  I was never sure what
caused the problem.

Charlie