X Copy Pro?

[Amiga Forever]

I got X Copy Pro and I got a questions.

It is possible to fixed those Disk Error and I seem Notice the number that come up such as

Number 2
Number 5
Number 6

I have no idea on what they are unless they all Green Circle(Excellent)....

 

[Watson]

Not sure about fixing the disks with errors, maybe you can, but I have had success where I completely erased the disk and then re-copied the disk back and it reported fine upon checking the disk again, however on a few the disks this didn't work at all and this disk still failed on a disk check. I guess it depends on how good or bad the disk is.

It would be nice to be able to repair them though without the steps i took.

 

[Amiga Forever]

Interesting on what You have said.

I have had success where I completely erased the disk and then re-copied the disk back and it reported fine upon checking the disk again, however on a few the disks this didn't work at all and this disk still failed on a disk check. I guess it depends on how good or bad the disk is.

I have never try that but that can be risky as like you said that doesn't work.

I got few disk that are perfect but those are turn base or RPG game I don't like that will be sold soon.

 

[B_G_L]

I think this may help:

1. Less or more than 11 sectors
2. No sync found
3. No sync after gap found
4. Header checksum error
5. Error in header/format long
6. Data block checksum error
7. Long track
8. Verify error

From this website: http://www.jope.fi/xcopy/errors.html

I remember the numbers being more common when copying disks that didn't use the Amiga File System and couldn't be read in Workbench. These were usually game disks and some of the numbers indicated copy protection mechanisms. Anyway I hope that link and the info is useful.

 

[Amiga Forever]

I think this may help:

1. Less or more than 11 sectors
2. No sync found
3. No sync after gap found
4. Header checksum error
5. Error in header/format long
6. Data block checksum error
7. Long track
8. Verify error

From this website: http://www.jope.fi/xcopy/errors.html

I remember the numbers being more common when copying disks that didn't use the Amiga File System and couldn't be read in Workbench. These were usually game disks and some of the numbers indicated copy protection mechanisms. Anyway I hope that link and the info is useful.

That is Excellent and very Helpful.

So which of number is Very Bad meaning the disk is no good.

 

[davideo]

Not sure about fixing the disks with errors, maybe you can, but I have had success where I completely erased the disk and then re-copied the disk back and it reported fine upon checking the disk again, however on a few the disks this didn't work at all and this disk still failed on a disk check. I guess it depends on how good or bad the disk is.

It would be nice to be able to repair them though without the steps i took.

I was going to have a go at my brother in laws discs and I've also got a couple of games with faulty floppies.

When you say "completely erased the disk" how did you go about that?

 

[Watson]

davideo, I used xcopy pro to erase the disk, then copied the contents back, but these were my back ups, not the original disks where copy protection could be a problem.