a500 Floppy disc issues- please help!!

25 September 2011, 18:35

i just sparked up my amiga500 after all these years and i have a huge game collection, however not one floppy will play due to weather damages etc... is there a way i can re-copy the floppy to new floppy blanks?? maybe using my PC floppy drive? floppy to floppy copy? all help is appreciated! ty

p.s. i do not want my pc to play amiga games, i want my amiga to play them..just all my floppies are damaged, some work but like 1%, the rest u can hear grind...

Dreedo · 25 September 2011, 18:41

Amiga's can copy floppies can't they? By using a WorkBench disk and selecting Copy under the 'Icon' menu. But if it can't read it at all i wouldn't be the best person to tell you what to do, others on here will have more info on recovering lost data.

25 September 2011, 18:45

yeah ty, but i was hoping a pc can do the copy and not the amiga due to all my app floppies dont work either.. and man it felt soooooo good when that icon came on my tv, memories.. i use to run a BBS and run with groups. what fun it was back then, nothing can compete over the commodore 64/amiga days. i also have my c64 hooked up. kung fu master was my favorite game for the 64

Dreedo · 25 September 2011, 20:26

You sure its the disks and not the drive?

PC floppy drives generally can't read Amiga floppies. There is hardware out there that allows them to read them however.

Indivision's Catweasel i believe helps with it. But again there's more knowledgeable people out there, they'll see your thread soon no doubt.

Jope · 26 September 2011, 13:13

It's not so much about the drive, as it is about the controller.

But yeah, PCs can't read Amiga disks unless you install a more flexible floppy controller, such as the CatWeasel or the KryoFlux.

26 September 2011, 15:42

yeah its not my amiga drives because i used two amigas and the floppies that do work ive played for a long time on the amiga.. i know pc's cant read amiga floppies just thought there might be a way.. guess i have to buy amiga workbench floppy off someone off ebay and go from there.. thanks guys

25 September 2011, 18:35	#1
AMIGA_FAN_500 Posts: n/a	a500 Floppy disc issues- please help!! i just sparked up my amiga500 after all these years and i have a huge game collection, however not one floppy will play due to weather damages etc... is there a way i can re-copy the floppy to new floppy blanks?? maybe using my PC floppy drive? floppy to floppy copy? all help is appreciated! ty p.s. i do not want my pc to play amiga games, i want my amiga to play them..just all my floppies are damaged, some work but like 1%, the rest u can hear grind...

25 September 2011, 18:45	#3
AMIGA_FAN_500 Posts: n/a	dreedo yeah ty, but i was hoping a pc can do the copy and not the amiga due to all my app floppies dont work either.. and man it felt soooooo good when that icon came on my tv, memories.. i use to run a BBS and run with groups. what fun it was back then, nothing can compete over the commodore 64/amiga days. i also have my c64 hooked up. kung fu master was my favorite game for the 64

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25 September 2011, 18:41	#2
Dreedo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Age: 30 Posts: 657	Amiga's can copy floppies can't they? By using a WorkBench disk and selecting Copy under the 'Icon' menu. But if it can't read it at all i wouldn't be the best person to tell you what to do, others on here will have more info on recovering lost data.

25 September 2011, 20:26	#4
Dreedo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Age: 30 Posts: 657	You sure its the disks and not the drive? PC floppy drives generally can't read Amiga floppies. There is hardware out there that allows them to read them however. Indivision's Catweasel i believe helps with it. But again there's more knowledgeable people out there, they'll see your thread soon no doubt.

26 September 2011, 13:13	#5
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	It's not so much about the drive, as it is about the controller. But yeah, PCs can't read Amiga disks unless you install a more flexible floppy controller, such as the CatWeasel or the KryoFlux.

26 September 2011, 15:42	#6
AMIGA_FAN_500 Posts: n/a	yeah its not my amiga drives because i used two amigas and the floppies that do work ive played for a long time on the amiga.. i know pc's cant read amiga floppies just thought there might be a way.. guess i have to buy amiga workbench floppy off someone off ebay and go from there.. thanks guys

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