Disk Keeper Review and Tutorial (FamicomWorld Exclusive!)

[maverick]

i have copy master 99, disk keeper, disk hacker 1.0, disk hacker 1.2, disk hacker 1.3, disk hacker 2-copy plus 3, kosadate gokko,quick hunter, and tonkachi editor.

like copy master 99, but hate hooking tgd6 up etc. i wrote disk hacker 2 to one of my blank disk, and use it most of the time since it can copy doki doki, and dont have to hook a bunch of stuff up.

there is some i dont have(copy programs) , and im looking for them. im willing to trade copy program for copy program if anybodys interested. also would be willing to write any copy program to disk for anybody if they want. just need disk.

i have had luck(dont know how). but i hooked the famicom,tgd6+, fds (whole works) up, inserted copy master 99 disk, it asked for source disk, i threw it back in, asked for target disk, threw blank in and it wrote it. both disk work on both drives i have no problems. again dont know how or why it did it. havent tried it since i wrote dh2-copy plus three using this method:
hooked up the works, threw in copy master 99, asked for source, sent it dh2-copy plus three using ram cable, when it asked for target re-hooked fds drive up, wrote image. i could try again and see if it would work (copy itself) have off work til monday (perfect time to test things i wanna test.)


maverick  

[ericj]

Some copy programs will copy themselves, some won't. You can always get them to copy with a different copy program. I think it's better to just keep dumps of them and write them if you need them. I usually only use Copy Master and sometimes Disk Hacker II that's been modified with a verify on/off option, which I assume bypasses the checksum verification.

[MS-DOS4]

Quick question about floppy disks. So if I understand right, when a disk ages and starts to lose the contents of memory, you can just re-write the data to the disk and it's as good as the day it was bought? Or perhaps the actual material the disk is made of is decaying and the disk itself dies?

[ericj]

By rewriting it, you re-magnetize it. Floppy disks generally lose their magnetic charge over time.

EDIT: Tutorial on writing disks with FDSLoader & Disk Keeper along with other methods, on my site.