03-14-2015, 11:11 AM
I cannot get Prince of Persia 5.25 to copy properly. The 3.5 disk works fine.
1. I've validated the original disk scans OK in DOS with no errors
2. I've validated that the destination disk formats and scans with no errors in DOS
3. I've validated that the destination disk passes the Disk Media Test
I try to copy Disk 1 of PoP, a 360k disk. I image that back to a copy disk. When I try to run the game it should tell me that I need to "run setup", however it instead tells me that "files are missing and I need to run this from the original drive." Different error message.
I've created the image 3 times, same result.
I now tried to format the copy disk in DOS, copy the files from the original over to the formatted copy, and everything works as expected.
On the COPY disk, I imaged that to a file, erased the copy disk, and wrote the copy disk back to itself and tried to run that. Worked as expected.
For whatever reason, SCP will not write out a proper image of this disk.
1. I've validated the original disk scans OK in DOS with no errors
2. I've validated that the destination disk formats and scans with no errors in DOS
3. I've validated that the destination disk passes the Disk Media Test
I try to copy Disk 1 of PoP, a 360k disk. I image that back to a copy disk. When I try to run the game it should tell me that I need to "run setup", however it instead tells me that "files are missing and I need to run this from the original drive." Different error message.
I've created the image 3 times, same result.
I now tried to format the copy disk in DOS, copy the files from the original over to the formatted copy, and everything works as expected.
On the COPY disk, I imaged that to a file, erased the copy disk, and wrote the copy disk back to itself and tried to run that. Worked as expected.
For whatever reason, SCP will not write out a proper image of this disk.