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| Unable to format a HD Disk in RunMSX Emulator
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Konamito
 msx addict Posts: 439 | Posted: February 08 2004, 20:36   |
Hi there friends
I have a problem now with RunMSX Emulator and ¿formatting? disks.
Because I don´t have empty DD Disks and It´s impossible to get them today for me (anyone knows?) I tried to format HD Disks made for PC (DOS Formatted) in Disk Basic with my Emulator. But... I can format them in single side but not in Double side (720K).
Why this is happening? Can I format them to Double Side? (Honestly I think there´s a way somewhere  )
Please help me.
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mars2000you msx master Posts: 1723 | Posted: February 08 2004, 21:23   |
Do you have taped the right hole of the HD Disk (it's the right hole when you see the label of the disk) ?
Can you precise your OS (Win98, XP, ...) ?
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Sousuke online msx freak Posts: 154 | Posted: February 08 2004, 23:06   |
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| Because I don´t have empty DD Disks and It´s impossible to get them today for me (anyone knows?)
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Can I format them to Double Side? (Honestly I think there´s a way somewhere  )
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HD disks have a hole in the lower right corner (not the write-protection hole), and DD don't. Simply use scotch tape to close that hole and the drive recoqnizes it as DD disk  |
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Konamito
 msx addict Posts: 439 | Posted: February 09 2004, 02:01   |
Hi friends!
I forgot to tell you that I taped the HD hole with a transparent one (does it matter?) I´ve heard that some drives have an optical reader that is able to recognize a HD Disk, so in order to get it work you have to tape it with non transparent tape. With tape on it I couldnt format it anyway, but with no tape I just did the single sided process.
Ooops! My OS is Win XP, sorry.
Anyway I´m gonna try again tomorrow different combinations with tape and not and I tell ya.
Thanks for all!
C U soon!!!!
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snout
 msx legend Posts: 4992 | Posted: February 09 2004, 02:15   |
How about this tool? MSXForm should do the job  |
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Konamito
 msx addict Posts: 439 | Posted: February 09 2004, 13:40   |
Thanks man for your help!
I downloaded the MSX Form and it worked! The only bad thing is the language (japanese!) I think I´ll have to learn it quickly! By the way do you know is this program is avaliable in English? (Or Spanish  )
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