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Why do I see the "Cannot format target Track X" during dumping to an image?
Applies to: RIDE 1.2 and later
It's because the target image does not support all features required to correctly store all source sectors on a particular target track. Here are some situations that will cause this error:
- dumping a floppy with variable number of sectors per track to a target raw *.IMA image with constant number of sectors per track,
- there were sector read errors and the target image cannot account for them,
- duplicate sector ID's.
A guaranteed solution to any of these situations is to use an alternative target image that supports the required features (e.g. a *.DSK image). You normally won't see this message when dumping an image back to a floppy.
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