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DooM
msx friend
Posts: 10 |  Posted: May 22 2003, 20:43 |
Hi,
I have a little problem cencerning the writing of disks for my newly aquired MSX2. Whatever I try, I can't get a disk to format to the 360KB MSX2 format to be able to write a disk for it that actually works, can anybody help me on how to do that?
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: May 22 2003, 23:20 |
PC's are known to have problems reading and/or writing single-sided 360K disks. There appears to be a minority of PC's that are capable of using them. Whether it depends on diskdrive, chipset, BIOS or operating system is unknown.  |
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djh1697
msx professional
Posts: 551 | Posted: May 23 2003, 00:42 |
I have found that if I format the disk on my MSX2, then I can read/write them on a PC. THe same applies to MSX1 disks.
That is my experiance
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mars2000you
msx master
Posts: 1723 | Posted: May 23 2003, 01:07 |
It also depends of your Windows version : 360 Kb disks are supported by Windows 98, but it's not the case of Windows XP
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DooM
msx friend
Posts: 10 | Posted: May 26 2003, 18:58 |
Aha, allright, that makes sense, but now I don't know how to format a disk on my MSX... I found out that even in Windows XP I can read and write single sided 360K disks, it's just that I can't format them so I can't create any more of them. I just got 1 from a friend, but he doesn't know how to format on MSX neither, but maybe I'll give it a try on Windows 98.
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: May 26 2003, 19:01 |
From BASIC:
CALL FORMAT
(or _FORMAT if you like ;P)
From MSX-DOS:
FORMAT
that's it.
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DooM
msx friend
Posts: 10 | Posted: May 27 2003, 19:11 |
That was very helpfull! Now I hope that my MSX likes my HD disks, if not, I need to get some other, but a friend told me I could use HD disks, so...
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: May 28 2003, 01:20 |
MSX has no problems with HD diskettes as long as you don't have a PC-diskdrive in your MSX (and as long as the HD disks are formatted on 720kB). If you have troubles, try using a bit of tape on the 'HD'-hole in the disk  |
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DooM
msx friend
Posts: 10 | Posted: May 30 2003, 20:51 |
hmz...strange, my MSX2 doesn't seem to like HD disks, nog even with the HD-hole taped... Can't format them, keeps giving me the 'not ready' message or doesn't do anything...And my PC doesn't format the disks in 720 KB, I get the message 'Error on disk, can't access sector 0 on track 0', btw I use Winimage for that on XP.
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: May 30 2003, 22:32 |
Did you try using normal DD disks already? Perhaps there is something wrong with your disk(s) or diskdrive(s).
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DooM
msx friend
Posts: 10 | Posted: May 31 2003, 17:11 |
I wish I could have tried, I don't have any DD disks...And neither does the local store. Maybe I'll try to get some from a friend. The guy I got the MSX from.
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