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Creating a blank disk with Applewin

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Robert Huehne

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Nov 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/13/96
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I'm having trouble creating a blank disk for with Applewin. I followed
the instructions it gives in the help screen but when I try to create a
disk it tells me that it cannot open that file. Is there a program to
download that Applwin needs to create a blank disk? First is says that
the file does not exist and asks if I would like to create it but after
clicking yes it says that it can't open that file.

Thanks in advance,
Bob Huehne

John

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Nov 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/13/96
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>I'm having trouble creating a blank disk for with Applewin. I followed

I don't use Applewin (I prefer ApplePC) but here's what I did... cheat!
Copy your Dos 3.3 master to another image (i.e. blankd.dsk) then go into
dos and delete all files from that disk. Do the same for your Prodos
master disk (i.e. copy to blankp.dsk then delete all the files). Now you
have pre-formatted "master" blank disks to use as the need arises.

As always... respond _only_ in the newsgroup (no can get mail)


Mark Percival

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Nov 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/14/96
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Robert Huehne <rrh...@compu.net> wrote:

>I'm having trouble creating a blank disk for with Applewin. I followed

>the instructions it gives in the help screen but when I try to create a
>disk it tells me that it cannot open that file. Is there a program to
>download that Applwin needs to create a blank disk? First is says that
>the file does not exist and asks if I would like to create it but after
>clicking yes it says that it can't open that file.

Bob Huehne,

There is a bug in AppleWin v1.1 that won't let you create blank
diskettes on the fly. It weird because this was working fine in the
2nd beta version. I guess I'd download version b2 and have it create
your blank disks.

Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec
per...@odyssee.net

An Apple II fanatic since 1979.


Edhel Iaur

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Nov 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/16/96
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Robert Huehne <rrh...@compu.net> wrote:

>I'm having trouble creating a blank disk for with Applewin. I followed
>the instructions it gives in the help screen but when I try to create a
>disk it tells me that it cannot open that file. Is there a program to
>download that Applwin needs to create a blank disk? First is says that
>the file does not exist and asks if I would like to create it but after
>clicking yes it says that it can't open that file.

You could always delete all the files from an existing image.
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