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27 February 2024, 19:01 | #702 |
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Hi there!
I've just uploaded in https://ftp2.grandis.nu/turran/FTP/~...s/jurassicman/ the dumps of the Italian Version of "The Neverending Story II (La storia Infinita 2)". The disk seems to work perfectly and I installed it with WHDLoad without any errors so hopefully it is good. Enjoy! |
27 February 2024, 19:04 | #703 |
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27 February 2024, 20:00 | #704 | |
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I'm sure Denis will give a better report on the dump! |
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27 February 2024, 20:13 | #705 | |
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I'll gently clean it with some IPA... I had no problems installing it with WHDLoad, though, so I thought it didn't need to be cleaned (I just used compressed air to clean any dust as I always do). I'll upload new dumps as soon as possible. |
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27 February 2024, 20:19 | #706 |
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It's identical to this TOSEC adf once converted to adf.
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Name: Storia Infinita II, La (1992)(Linel)(IT).adf Size: 901120 CRC32: 3da8514f MD5: a52c01c71ccb62c67241de5604667db7 SHA1: ac3a4a8709bd496d6a1dfd9958cda800c0fcf234 |
27 February 2024, 20:45 | #707 |
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dtc is bit more sensitive and finds track 79.1 sector 0 as bad when creating an ADF, HxC will export the KF dump to ADF with same CRC as TOSEC!
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27 February 2024, 21:46 | #708 |
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Unfortunately I've a bad news...
I visually inspected the disk and there was actually quite some dirt. I used a cotton pad with some IPA but by removing the dirt I made the disk unreadable. Now when I try to install it with WHDLoad I get a "Bad Checksum Error". I've upload anyway the new dump... maybe you can find something useful but the disk doesn't work anymore and it also made some bad noises when making the .scp file. |
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On the plus side, there were 2 tracks that were better dumps than your first so copied them over the first dump and track 79.1 is now OK in dtc when creating an ADF and the CRC now matches the TOSEC ADF! Last edited by BarryB; 27 February 2024 at 22:13. |
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27 February 2024, 22:23 | #710 |
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Thanks for the hints, mate.
The noise made by the drive when making the .scp file was bad but nothing so alarming... From my personal experience it can happen that a disk becomes unreadable after cleaning it... sometimes the dirt is like a little "coat" on the surface and by removing it you actually "peel" the magnetic disk. I've tried to install the game with WHDLoad using 3 different floppy drives so I'm pretty sure that the disk is definitely bad... I'll soon clean the heads of the drives for sure (I do it regularly) but I've just used them to read and write other floppies without any issues... Hopefully it is still possible to make a working ipf file from the first dump. |
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Good to know you clean the floppy heads, when dumping disks regular head cleaning is needed! It could be the IPA is too strong, do you dilute it or use it neat? I use Whiteboard Cleaner in a 250ml spray bottle and spray a bit onto a cotton bud, it seems gentler on the disk surface than pure IPA!
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28 February 2024, 08:27 | #712 |
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@JurassicMan : you are lucky.....
I used the first dump, seen that track 79.1 was bad, and then picked T79.1 from your second faulty dump, and now i have a fully good dump and an IPF. You will be able to restore your disk. i put the link for the archive 100% good. here : https://we.tl/t-ryEulsUxd2 |
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Precision (not for ears!) cotton bud must only be used in specific cases : when you see with the floppy cleaner a big spot of mould that you want to molten with alcohol, gradually removing it (it takes patience and time!). |
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28 February 2024, 08:50 | #714 |
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Thank you Denis I've also put the IPF and the raw files on the file server.
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Thanks so much. I'm happy that at the end we have a full working ipf file. I'll read better your instructions about the cleaning (I'm at work now) and I'll try to use your hints... I had some good results but sometimes, like this time, after a cleaning I ended up with an unreadable disk even trying to be as gentle as possible with cotton pad and IPA. It certainly needs patience... with more practice I'm sure I'll improve my skills! Thanks again! |
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