Disk Keeper Review and Tutorial (FamicomWorld Exclusive!)

[RGB_Gamer]

I have Disk Keeper if anyone wants it

[RGB_Gamer]

I followed the guide on how to write .fds images to actual disks, but when I get to the point where I put the RAM adapter back into the FDS drive and insert a disk, either the screen goes black, or when I insert the disk to be written to, nothing happens at all.

Any ideas? Also, the same method apply for double sided disks or is there another step?

[133MHz]

Double sided disks = repeat the process twice (for each side).

As for your problem... weird. I assume your FDS drive and RAM cart are working correctly, so it shouldn't happen.

[RGB_Gamer]

Double sided disks = repeat the process twice (for each side).

As for your problem... weird. I assume your FDS drive and RAM cart are working correctly, so it shouldn't happen.

So to load side B with FDSloadr, do you press 1 and then space bar, or...?Yes my FDS drive and RAM cart work just fine. It's only after I send the .fds game to the RAM cart and the plug it into my FDS disk drive does my FDS disk drive cease to work (it won't even turn on - sometimes after plugging the RAM adapter back into the FDS disk drive, it turns the screen black and I have to start over).

I am also having problems writing to original disks.

[ericj]

I think it would be a good idea to try coyping Disk Keeper using Disk Hacker and viceversa, it could probably work.

Good thought, 133MHz. I've been successful copying Disk Keeper with both Copymaster & Disk Raider, so it can be done. The programs will not copy themselves, but can be copied with other copy programs.

[RGB_Gamer]

I think it would be a good idea to try coyping Disk Keeper using Disk Hacker and viceversa, it could probably work.

Good thought, 133MHz. I've been successful copying Disk Keeper with both Copymaster & Disk Raider, so it can be done. The programs will not copy themselves, but can be copied with other copy programs.

Yea i have copies of all 3 on disks and on my PC. I really only use Disk Keeper though. I don't know what the difference between the 3 is as far as their features

[RGB_Gamer]

I have Disk Keeper if anyone wants it

i really need it ...  ^_^

PM me please

[ericj]

Has anyone tried to dump a disk to PC with the FDSLoadr RAM cable?

I was thinking that if you use the cable in conjunction with Disk Keeper/Copy Master or some other copy program, loaded a disk's contents onto the ram adapter with the program and then wrote (saved) to the .fds image on your PC with the FDSLoadr cable via the RAM adapter & FDSLoadr program (READ/REPROGRAM options), it may work. I'm not sure if you could overwrite an existing .fds image or if you would need a blank image to save to.  This way, you wouldn't need a separate FDSLoadr cable to dump disks. If you use a Game Doctor (TGD6+, for example), you can save the entire contents of one side of a disk in one pass instead of 2 or more without it.

If no one's tried this, I'll give it a shot this week or this weekend and report back.

[RGB_Gamer]

I use a combination of FDSloadr RAM cable, and MGD1 in pure command line DOS. It's hard to explain, but in the next day or so, I will write up a doc, or make a youtube video. As far as using Disk Keeper to load the .FDS contents into RAM, that method wouldn't work for me once I disconnected the FDSloadr cable from the PC and stuck it back into the FDS drive.

[ericj]

Were you using a famiclone or Famicom (or your RGB modded NES)? If I use any of my clones, it freezes, most likely because of not enough voltage to the RAM adapter. With my Twin Famicom, it works like a charm every time.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention that Disk Keeper isn't my preferred program to use. Copy Master works much better, but of course requires a Game Doctor to work.

[RGB_Gamer]

Were you using a famiclone or Famicom (or your RGB modded NES)? If I use any of my clones, it freezes, most likely because of not enough voltage to the RAM adapter. With my Twin Famicom, it works like a charm every time.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention that Disk Keeper isn't my preferred program to use. Copy Master works much better, but of course requires a Game Doctor to work.

At one point, I was using a SNES and TriStar/ Super8. Worked fine. I have to tell you honestly, I haven't even tried FDSloadr with my RGB NES/HES Unidapter, since before I had that setup, I wrote pretty much all the disks I needed at the time, before I switched over to the RGB NES/HES Unidapter. Here is what that setup looks like (sorry for the bad quality, this is a zoomed in version of a larger picture that shows all my other RGB systems):



I choose Disk Keeper because it's a pain to hook up a Game Doctor with everything else and Disk Keeper works fine without one. I will probably test it out tonight with my setup.

[RGB_Gamer]

Oh by the way, when I try to write to an actual disk with just the FDSloadr cable, I am able to do the first pass just fine, but when I go to load the remaining bits of the game from my PC to the FDS RAM adapter, I get an error 25 every time (and with every game)

[ericj]

Yeah, me too, for most games. That's why I use Copy Master and a Game Doctor, so it can copy it with one pass instead of 2.

[RGB_Gamer]

Yeah, me too, for most games. That's why I use Copy Master and a Game Doctor, so it can copy it with one pass instead of 2.

which game doctor do you use?

[ericj]

I've used both the TGD6 and GD4M. If you still have the blue 4M, it should work fine. Just make sure to use Copy Master, Read & Copy functions.