Re: [sgroup] accessing s-50 samples - sgroup

11 Aug 2005

At 07:17 PM 8/11/2005 -0600, you wrote:

...
 I know how to access the archive of samples on the
website for this 
list.  My question is, after I download the zip files, how do I get the 
files on to a disk that the roland s-50 will recognize? The pc doesn't 
like the disks either when I've tried to copy s-50 disks.  I'm using 
windows xp.  Thanks for any help. 
XP is your problem. The SDisk utility doesn't work in post ME-type MS OS's. 
Do this:

1) Put the .out files on a non-NTFS hard drive. Usually this is your 
recovery partition that most people have. The reason you do this is because 
in the next step, you won't be able to access NTFS drives.

2) Download the Win98 Boot Disk with SDisk on it. 
www.rolandsamplers.org/bin/win98bootdisk.zip

3) Unzip the file (the boot disk maker), and run the file 
(win98bootdisk.exe). This process creates your Win98 Boot Floppy.

4) With floppy in your drive, reboot your computer. It should boot off the 
floppy, and it is automated to create a RAMDisk and put SDisk, along other 
programs, on the RAMDisk (should assign it as the k: drive).

5) After all this finishes, the command line should appear. Type "sdisk" 
(without the quotes) and hit ENTER. Use SDisk to write each file to a new 
floppy disk. (For instructions how to use SDisk, type "edit sdisk.txt" 
(without the quotes) and hit ENTER.)

6) Reboot your computer with no floppies in the drive; it should boot up 
normally into XP.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User