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Is there any way you can easily convert enhanced density disks (that do not use the extra sectors) to single density?

I have lots of copied boot disks that are enhanced density instead of original single density. Of course, I want them to be 90K. What I'm looking for is a copier that will duplicate a disk in single density even if the original is in medium density. The ones I tried so far always switch to the density of the source disk...

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Atari Frog
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Most copiers allow you to disable formatting the destination disk. So just format the disk before, and later copy without format.

You might have a small problem though. Depending on how you format the disk, it will write a few sectors to the disk. When you make the copy later, most copier don't write empty sectors. The problem then, is that a sector might be empty on the source, but not on the destination. So just in case, use a sector copier that allow you to write empty sectors (either by default, or either as an option).

ijor wrote:Most copiers allow you to disable formatting the destination disk. So just format the disk before, and later copy without format.

Thanks, makes sense... I should actually THINK before posting

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Atari Frog
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