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(08-26-2015, 12:26 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: [ -> ]I'd check for physical damage or dirt on the outer track of the second side. Perhaps clean the disk and try again. If there is no physical damage, something could have erased it. This does look like damage, and not copy protection. Specifically, the damaged area should contain part of your "install.exe".

How did you establish which files are affected? Is there some way to do this using the PCE tools? I've just been using Samdisk's scan option to check the CRCs of each track on my MFM dumps, but that doesn't tell me which files are impacted if a CRC fails.
In this case, I think I just noticed that the install contained the empty sector fill that I inserted. The PCE tools only let me know what sectors were missing - they don't know anything about file systems.

On real hardware, DOS disk tools like The Norton Utilities or Central Point PC Tools will usually tell you what files are damaged. Don't let them try to repair anything on original disks though.
It is possible to dump or copy 5.25" 360KB disks with 1.2MB driver by using SCP 1.94.

Drive type : IBM 1.44MB
Drive : 5.25" 96DPI
Density : Read --> Low / Write --> Low
Track Range : 0-83

I've tested a lot of 5.25" 360KB disks with copy protected.
They're copied and dumped very well.

But to convert SCP image to another (Transcopy or PCE sector image), there is a method to do so.

Example : disk1.scp (Dumped on 1.2MB 5.25" drive)

pfi disk1.scp -r 600000 -p double-step -c 0-39 -p decode pri disk1mfm.pri
pfi disk1.scp -r 300000 -p double-step -c 40-41 -p decode pri disk1fm.pri

pri disk1mfm.pri -m disk1fm.pri disk1.tc *(Transcopy image)
pri disk1mfm.pr -m disk1fm.pri -p decode auto disk.psi *(PCE Sector Image)
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