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DD for windows issue

Realitystorm

Well-known member
I was finally getting around to setting up SCSI2SD image files that includes files for the Apple IIe card when I ran in to a weird issue.

For some reason I can no longer write working images to my SD cards using DD under windows 10.   The file writes, but I get the "disk with question mark" when I try using it.    This seems to only be an issue with DD, I tried the USB Image Tool by Alexander Beug, with the same image and the same card and it worked perfectly.

Has anyone else been having issues with DD under windows 10?

I really want to get it working because I'd like to start using the seek and skip switches so I can extract, edit, write back specific partitions to make it easier to copy large files, e.g. toast images on to the card.... or find another working option.

Plan to test https://cygwin.com/

 
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nglevin

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If it isn’t too slow, you could try Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 and its version of the POSIX standard dd.

Can’t guarantee success, besides that it seems like the better endorsed solution than the Windows XP vintage build of dd you are linking to.

 
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