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Posted: **Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:04 am**

having an issue with partcopy on windows, iv looked around for answerrs and was unable to find any. i get the following error performing

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partcopy file.bin 0 3 -f0

error:

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Failed to write destination at offset 0

iv tried using more then 1 floppy, so i know there isnt anything wrong with the floppy disc. i just dont understand.

Posted: **Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:23 am**

Try formatting your floppy disks or try partcopy on other machine. What version of Windows are you using?

Posted: **Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:17 am**

Im running windows XP, i did try using it on another pc also using windows XP

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:02 am**

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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>partcopy bl12.bin 0 3 -f0
Failed to write destination at offset 0
C:\>

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:18 am**

hmm. try to write somewhere other than offset 0. or, maybe try -f1 , could be not reading your floppy drive position correctly.

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:26 am**

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C:\>partcopy bl12.bin 0 3 -f0
Failed to write destination at offset 0
C:\>

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C:\>partcopy bl12.bin 0 200 -f0
C:\>

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C:\>partcopy bl12.bin 0 3 -f1
Can't open destination: -f1

C:\>

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:52 pm**

well i got it to work using rawwritewin.exe =/ sucks i cant use partcopy