GOTEK USB Floppy Emulator Simulator Review Tutorial

[@footfiles]

**IMPORTANT IF USING WINDOWS 10** When you open each "disk", it will not show the name, ie. h:/001. So you need to set the programs compatibility to Windows 7 and set to Administrator. Then it should work fine!

[@fluff546]

Gotek floppy emulators have evolved a lot since this video was made, the latest revisions now come with an integrated little OLED display and a rotary dial which makes image selection super-easy. Costs a bit more, but totally worth it. Moreover, you don't need any special software to manage your floppy disk images any more with the recent versions of FlashFloppy firmware (I used v3.14a which is a stable beta build). Just get a USB flashdrive, something small so as not to waste storage, format it as FAT32, chuck as many bootable floppy disk images on it as you want and insert into the Gotek. You don't need to worry about file naming and folder arrangements. Choose the image you want with the rotary dial, the OLED screen will show you the filename for easy identification and that's it, it just works. Couldn't be simpler. I've tested on my vintage Compaq PC Pentium III machine using MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 98SE, OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach, BeOS 5.03 and various bootable Linux floppies and it works flawlessly. You can configure for other systems through jumpers and the FlashFloppy config file, but the defaults are optimal for use on an IBM PC. The tiny OLED screen even warns you if you plug in the floppy cable in the wrong orientation! That's actually really helpful.

[@philscomputerlab]

AFAIK no they don't. That's a mod from the community :) So if you buy such a unit, someone has modified it and makes a profit :)

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

@@philscomputerlab Yes, of course, and so they should for extending functionality to such a vastly more usable level.

[@skipperindigorose]

Just a little tip for those having trouble flashing their Gotek, I was using my Windows 10, went through all the steps, kept coming up Gotek not found, undetected etc, so i tried various USB to USB cords, still no luck, then tried a Mac USB to USB, (female to male), and Wala..my Gotek is now flashed successfully, go figure! Thanks for this great video Phil...

[@BiohazardX9]

needing one of these for work and wanted a tutorial. first video I see is Phil again. Awesome stuff

[@kmv683]

You have no idea how helpful your videos are. My cousin dug out his old AST Adventure and we got it working, and the bug bit me so I salvaged some old parts from my girlfriend's dad's basement and got my own DOS rig going in a noisy old office machine. Now I'm on my way to building one from the ground up.

[@jameshanna8762]

I have had an old inop 486 for decades, thinking that someday I would get it running again. This week into my lap fell an additional THREE 486 computers that have various problems. Thanks to your videos, website full of data and resources, and some ebay purchases, I hope to be getting three of the four back in action. I'm pretty sure the mobo is dead on one of them. Anyway, thanks for doing what you do! MUCH appreciated!

[@philscomputerlab]

+James Hanna That's awesome, thanks for sharing :D

[@brandonfedorick8106]

I use one of these in an old Haas CNC machine and I could never figure out how to access more than just the first virtual floppy until I watched your video. Thank you!

[@davidinark]

Just got one! Can’t wait to set it up with floppies for booting/installing software on thin clients that I am mucking about with. Thanks as always!

[@scorpian007]

Picked up one of these for my retro DOS machine last month and haven't been able to get this to work properly. I keep getting general read errors when trying to read from a USB stick in Win98/DOS. Sometimes it will show the directories in DOS, but will not format, read or write. I'm using the software Phil mentioned to format the USB. EDIT : I'm an idiot, my floppy cable was plugged in incorrectly on both sides 😂

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

we all been there ! 😂

[@cd-lf8xm]

Yep got that t-shirt too mate

[@0flyswatter0]

I had the same issue. Thought I had a bad mobo at first.

[@bikesandtech]

Thank you Phil for providing the software download that can't be found anywhere else. VERY much appreciated.

[@dav3yb]

This seems like a great idea. I'll probably be looking at picking one up at some point. I feel like the best way to keep up with which floppies on are a given usb drive is to keep a simple .txt file on the very first floppy, and just keep a nice running list of what's on the rest of the drive.

[@emprsnm9903]

Great tip! Just make the first floppy dos bootable with edit.com + qbasic.com/exe and editing is right at your fingertips too.

[@dirtbagdeluxe]

I am using a GOTEK and the instructions came in chinese. Thank you for this installation file in english. much appreciated.

[@MrKyleschmidt752]

Looked at this video for a tutorial on using a floppy emulator. This was a demonstration of how much you know about it and was very much over the heads of anyone looking for simple direction.

[@0MeALot0]

And thanks again phil! Got the gotek emulator going... i was being clueless on how to make this work

[@shalafi71]

Got me rolling on this 486SX. My eternal thanks. It's been a long road getting this industrial unit up on all four legs.

[@richjones7584]

Hey Phil; Thanks so much for your content. It has been very helpful in putting a couple of retro systems together. I purchased a GoTek and had all the same problems with Windows 10 and V2 of the USB Floppy Emulator software. Installing on XP did the trick and works as you describe. I did install on a root directory and pointed the backup and disk directories there. Thanks again.

[@tkhillaby]

6:25 & 6:45 I can get to. But at 7:03 when I try to click on 'open', it gives me an error (no matter which number I try & this is my 4th USB key I've tried) - "Batch Manage Tool" error of "The system cannot find the path specified." Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks a million for the links, the walk thru, etc!! I'd have been lost!

[@kingcrimson234]

Thanks, the damn software is the only reason this thing has been sitting in a drawer for 2 years. Could never get it to work. Wanted to try it tonight again since my 386's floppy drive finally failed. Thanks for linking that other software! Worked great.

[@stefanilic3978]

Formatting goes fine, but when I try to open up a floppy image, it opens Documents and doesn't redirect me to the correct path, so I can't access any of the floppy image files. Any ideas on how I could fix that?

[@craigkarsten6719]

Thanks for tutorial and heads up. Got one recently and works great. No more clunky drives and dodgy discs to worry about.

[@philscomputerlab]

Awesome :D

[@MrGencyExit64]

By the way, as a general rule on disk drives, pin 1 is always on the side with the power connector. You can look on the PCB for Pin 1, but that's a LOT of work especially if the drive's already in the system :)

[@sergiorti]

Any idea how to set it up to be used together with an existing 3.5 inch drive? As in drive A:\ and B:\

[@rideforlife247]

i couldnt figure out why batch manage tool v1.40, was giving me this error "the system cannot find the path specified". found out that only happens if you try to use floppy disk number 000, if you use any other floppy disc, the error doesnt happen. i hope this saves some frustrations for anyone else.

[@NexXxus86]

if I open up a floppy disk, it goes into my documents folder but not the folder its supposed to go to ...

[@russkramer7196]

Same. Did you ever get it to work? If so, how??

[@NexXxus86]

@@russkramer7196 Yes. Open the floppy manager as administrator then it opens the correct folder when you doubleclick on the images.

[@doubletop12]

Phil - You missed a step as you installed on top of an existing installation. When you changed the software location from C:\programme files.... to C:\USB Floppy Emulator V2 the file directories are not created so "Open" file fails. You need to use "Option/Set" (ctl-Q) and the loctation of the DISK and DISKBAK folders have to be amended as well.

[@Bikerboythousand]

I have put the jumpers where required. I have done the format of a 1GB stick and have 100 floppies showing in the software. Roland xp50 still says unformatted disk if you try to do anything with it. I have not done the link between pins 1+2 which I saw on a video where someone installed into a G800. Any clues?

[@skipperindigorose]

Just a question Phil. I have successfully flashed my Gotek emulator. I will be using it in my Roland G-800 synthe keyboard so do I need to install any other programmes into my Gotek for it to work in the keyboard? (any additional firmware or software)? Utube user Cellelar goes through the process of flashing the Gotek and I did do the steps, but when he started talking about Amigas and Atari's I paused as I am preparing my Gotek to go into my Roland. Another video on Utube goes through programming the Gotek for use in keyboards rather than Amigas or computers. (Bangers and Chumley-Take the Fear out of the Gear) is what their Utube site is called. I am just not sure if I need to do what they are outlining or if it has already been done? Thanks!

[@NooNaN926]

Have you had any incompatibility with USB sticks? I had one working, formatted another from within the software, disks open fine but when going to write them, I get a "path not found" type error.

[@dextar8433]

This is exactly what mine are doing. They appear to format perfectly, but when I'm going through the video and imitating things on my end, I get the exact "the system cannot find the path specified" error when trying to access 1 of the 100 'disks'...

[@msdosm4nfred]

A Gotek is a very good solution to replace any floppy drive. I bought recently a such drive, but mine doesn't have the ST MCU inside, there is an Artery Microcontroller inside, that's important if you plan to flash an alternative firmware to it. I flashed the FlashFloppy firmware on that device. You need only a paper clip and an USB A-to-A cable, then u can expand the possibilities of the drive and you'll can get rid of the management software, so u can put the image files directly on the usb drive, u can optional install an OLED display in the drive, so u can put your images even on Linux to the USB drive. ;)

[@newtom80]

Great video, thank you! There remain a few open questions, though. 100 floppy images will take up about 144MB space on the USB drive. What about the space left? Can it be used in windows? What file system is on the USB drive after being formatted for the emulator? Can the system somehow handle multiples of 100 floppy disks on one USB drive?

[@killer2600]

While he showed 100 floppy images, the floppy emulator can do 1,000 (000-999) floppy images on a usb drive. If you have more floppies than that I don't think swapping to another usb drive with another 1,000 floppy images is going to bother you any - you're already well accustomed to swapping 1,000+ floppy diskettes.

[@soufyannaouri1]

You made one of the best explanation for this flappy drive

[@MCSTRAVICK415]

Can anyone recommend a Usb floppy emulator software for Mac? I have Os 10.15. Thanks

[@dukesmithholley]

Hi Phil, Any chance you've got the software for a mac?

[@alfredocassano3194]

I can't seem to succeed and I have 2 goteks...one with display and button, the other one whitout those. No idea what I'm doing wrong, I've successfully wrote the first 3 slots in the USB stick through the floppy emulator software (tried dos 6, dos 3), but when I plug the gotek in the pc (through an external case) the leds light up but i get "boot failure"

[@doublerw8871]

Hey everyone i seen on another video,you can format your usb drive on system start up with usb drive in the its port,hold the 2 button on the right in friont at the same time & it will format the drive without any software!! Hope that helps! Um im ordering like 3 asap!

[@RootiferasRetroGameplay]

sorry for reviwing a really old video comment section :) I was wondering how that would work with diskcopy command. what would happen if we have a physical floppy drive A and gotek as drive B. then run the command "diskcopy A: B:"? Would that create an image or copy files into the USB drive? (I think I better get a dual floppy ribbon cable and test that, I'm curious haha)

[@basspig]

I've got one in my Rohde & Schwarz UPL 16. But I haven't figured out how to properly prepare the USB stick. I can format the drive in the UPL with DOS 6.22, but when I write to it, it tells me there's not enough space. When I load the stick on a Windows PC, it's blank.. more work to do to make this usable.

[@Ipsissimus]

When I type DIR. It keeps showing me the same directory when I change the nr on the Gotek. I'm clueless on how to solve it.

[@djbasics123]

Hi Phil, Thankyou for the great video. I have just bought my first Gotek off ebay (SFRC922D ver 2.14 firmware) I have followed your video instructions and all seems ok, until i get to running the USB stick on the Gotek in DOS 6.22, all i'm getting is the E34 error code on the gotek screen. any help/advise would be greatly appreciated, many thanks

[@midomarzouk805]

I just got one for my Roland E96 keyboard but after installation I put some midi files on a USB and it is not working pls help

[@midierror]

excellent video, very clear. If only all youtube vids were this easy to follow!

[@soran1461]

Hi there Is the process the same for a musical keyboards? Cheers

[@bravo76pk]

hi Phil thanks for this great tutorial.. I could use your help a little bit.. whenever I click save on the image it says that it cannot find the specified file and all of a sudden the file i copied is vanished.. cannot seem to figure out what i am missing despite following your video? any idea what I could be doing wrong thanks

[@euclideszoto997]

As a retro computer owner these are indispensable! You have to have one nowadays if your going to own or collect a retro computer especially if your running the older operating systems.

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

THE RED LINE ON THE CABLE MEANS SOMETHING!!????!!! Great Scott!

[@joshwitt1475]

Thanks Phil, I just used this on my Super Socket 7 retro PC and it worked great!

[@andypalmer7903]

Great video here . I’ve just put one of these on my 20year old CNC machine replacing the floppy drive but I get errors and the machine gives me a can’t read from disc messages. What do the jumper settings do? I have G code files and DXF files on my usb. Any help here would be fantastic 👍🏼

[@adeeltahir2520]

usb is not showing in software.. however when i double click floppy drive. it shows partition

[@Nirolevy1]

I'd like to have one on my Roland XP80, only question is - if all internal electronic components can withstand that high read/write speed and not burn out

[@AureliusR]

That doesn't make any sense. They will only read and write as fast as they are designed to.

[@DoomHacker83]

So I had a look at Ebay for one of these, but I found dozens of varations. Including one for "Embroidery Machine". What is the difference between all of these, which one should I get. I have a '99 Pentium 3 and am looking for a replacement for the floppy drive (the one I got is unreliable).

[@cbluebeard]

I just got the OLED variant. Excellent so far! What is the max size usb flash drive I can use for the Gotek? I cant seem to find that information.

[@firephoenix2726]

Thanks for the nice manual, works great! Biggest USB size the program can recognize is about 4GB (with my 8GB stick it shows 3,42GB), but doesn't matter because 100 floppys only need about 150mb. The first disk ist available in the windows explorer as removable flash drive :) (so it can be written very easy without the program)

[@philscomputerlab]

+Fire Phoenix That's good to hear!

[@saltoressi2985]

Hello Phil. Thanks for you video. I am trying to load midi files on the USB to be played on my Yamaha Keyboard. I watch your video very closely on how to load files on floppy000 and everytime I save it, I keep getting errors. Am I doing something wrong? TIA

[@caesarzx]

hi Phil, how did you capture the boot screen and those DOS screens seamlessly? What capture device were you using?

[@dazamad]

Got my gotek off your link. My 386 system didnt recognise. Led powers on and pin 1 ribbon connected correctly. What should be the jumper settings? Mine has 2 and the manual is semi helpful. Thanks

[@TheBasementChannel]

Can the emulator be switched to emulate a 720k drive for older machines?

[@danedickey6942]

This may have already been answered, so if so I apologize. I recently got a Gotek USB floppy emulator (internal ). I was able to format the USB stick for 1000 1.44mb floppies. My question is, how do I get the contents of the floppy(s) from it's source to a partition on the USB stick? Do I image the floppy, then "burn" the image to the partition? Is there any specific software to use, and what OSes should I run it on? Lastly, is there any specific steps for handling copy protected or bootable floppies? Thanks for any help you can provide me !!!

[@jikissgamer]

This software just won't work at all for me. It will not let me save anything on to the USB. Just says "error code: a" every time I hit save. Edit: Works in Windows XP but not Windows 10

[@ryersonfitzpatrick7955]

I just purchased one, and when I went to test it in my SS7 PC I kept getting a "Floppy Drive(s) fail" error. It turns out that you cannot run them on the same floppy channel as another drive (in this case, I have a 5.25" Floppy drive as the B device). DS1 Jumper was set. Of course, having one kind of negates the need for the real drives, but it would allow more flexibility. Regardless, Phil, I'm pretty sure my wife should despise you. You've compelled me into getting a fair amount of gear lately. SS7 era stuff and MIDI modules. Great videos, and great information!

[@philscomputerlab]

Haha :) Now regarding two drives, I did use the GOTEK with another, real, 1.4 MB drive in the same machine and it worked fine. The BIOS must support two drives and you need a cable that supports two, most these days just support a single drive.

[@ryersonfitzpatrick7955]

Interesting. I have it on a FIC PA-2013 SS7, and I normally use a 3.5" and 5.25" drive on the same cable and channel. I only swapped the 3.5" for the Gotek. Once I disconnected the 5.25" drive, it was able to detect and operate the emulator.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

😂

[@masriabed1800]

Can you please start from the beginning what's the bame of the program because my usb didn't work on my keyboard

[@krzysztofputo2169]

HI nice review. But where you get dos install files ? I looking for them for some time

[@guywithgames1120]

Another super helpful video, just finally got around to buying one of these after having my 1000th or so non readable floppy. The gotek is awesome, and the recommended software in this video is as well.

[@philscomputerlab]

Awesome :D

[@yusufabid2828]

Which model of gotek you used? Mine didn't even detected. What jumper settings are for dos

[@rnmultimedia7162]

QUESTION: if i want to still use a external USB powered Floppy drive to pull up all my old material on my old floppy discs. Can i plug my externally floppy drive into the emulator and it pull up the info on the floppy disk?

[@snume]

Great video Phil. That software looks WAY more user friendly than the Gotek provided utility. Have you tried to format a USB stick for 1000 images? You have the model which is supposed to handle that many so I was wondering if you had encountered any issues going that big. Thanks

[@philscomputerlab]

I was able to format 1000 images by pressing the two buttons and turning the PC on. BUT the software wouldn't work with it.

[@ricardocontieri6885]

Any news on this topic? Any new softwares?

[@VasileDiman]

Thank you Phil for the great tutorial. It saved me . All the best.

[@briantheoret6837]

I can't get this to work. The program works, says there are 100 "disks" but I can't open them. keeps saying the device is not ready.

[@tasossophos7029]

Hi there, this excellent. I have the GOTEK with rotary dial knob and version 3.42. I am trying to install it in a IBM PS/2 type 8525 and I have not managed to do so. Here are some remarks: 1. When I plug a formatted FAT32 empty USB I get the screen of the Flash Floppy. 2. As soon as I insert the USB I get in the screen the message: Error 34. 3. When I format the USB with the IPCAS SW in 760Kb capacity and write on it a bootable DOS image in position 000, I get again the same error message and no booting. If I check the USB in a PC it shows that now it is FAT formatted, which might be the cause of this error. Any ideas on how I can resolve this will be much appreciated.😢

[@philscomputerlab]

You're using FlashFloppy firmware. Check their website and read their documentation. What is shown in this video does NOT apply to your device!

[@CinemicMagazin]

Hi! From the start, let me thank you for all the content that you make! it´s awesome and made my time at home during this pandemic a lot more interesting. I've bought one gotek drive and after formating the usb stick (32gb) in the batch manage tool 1.40, every time i write a disk or click on the disk it goes to the windows document folder instead of the FLOPPY000 folder. Is this normal? What i get from this, is that it's not uploading properlyu the files. Thanks!

[@rick12373]

Not sure if you ever figured this out, but you have to run the executable file for the GoTek software as admin (right click, choose run as admin). It didn't matter where I installed the software either, I still had to do this.

[@arjunbhaduri1469]

Can they be used to convert/transfer 2-DD (double density) floppy disk data into the USB?

[@me2olive]

The software available for these Gotek emulators is pretty hopeless, particularly for writing to slots 100+. After reading a blog post about directly editing the usb stick image, I made some windows batch files to automate the process. Now all you need to do is open the ones in WinImage you want to change, and write them back to the stick when you're finished. Here are the scripts for anyone interested: github.com/xtcrefugee/gotek-usb-batch-files

[@DriftHyena]

The software crashes EVERY time I try to write a floppy image to it. Kinda pissing me off because it use to work just fine at one point.

[@pritch2002]

Hi Phil, this is a great video that has got me considering one of these for a 98/XP time machine I'm putting together. From the ebay listings I note they only reference support as far back as XP. Have you tried it with 98 at all? Does it play ball and see the formatted flash drive as floppies straight off the bat? Thanks

[@philscomputerlab]

It IS like a real floppy drive. So it doesn't matter the OS, but to calm your nerves, I've used it in DOS and 98 of course, but also with the BIOS to boot and flash and so on.

[@pritch2002]

PhilsComputerLab Thanks! Looks like I'll be filling that second 3.5 inch bay :)

[@djbonne1]

Hi friend, how are you? I'm trying to do this scheme, I use a Yamaha SU 700 but it's not reading the WAV format, do you have any suggestions?

[@yearning4humbleness598]

can't find this version of the floppy formater program all i have in the disk is 1.3 and it is not the same

[@orest4874]

Ok so I followed the instructions that you gave in this video with using the Batch Manage Tool V1.40 for being able to listen to music styles from usb stick to Korg PA 50 keyboard but, for some reason, the system (in the PA 50) shows empty. I'm confused.

[@philscomputerlab]

Orest K I don't know much about the PA50, I use this with old DOS and Windows PCs.

[@OzSkunkworks]

Eghh .. i bought the one without the display .. so it can only do 1 disk.. And mine didnt come with the software disk .. I have no idea how to make a floppy disk image and or how to put files in a readable format on the usb ..

[@laboratorioincognito9420]

Does anyone know the jumpersetting for an old EMU ESI2000 sampler? It keeps asking "Please insert Floppy Disk". The emulator is recognised as a floppy drive. 3 USB sticks are correctly formatted with IPCAS

[@bytesaber]

Is there a way to leave the USB flash drive in, and boot the PC as if a floppy disk was not inserted? It would be nice to not have to remove the drive. I do understand that "having a disk in a floppy drive" was how they originally worked with boot priority settings. I just want to select a different number or something rather than physically remove the drive every time.

[@philscomputerlab]

With the stock firmware this isn't doable. You could change the BIOS boot order. As an alternative consider Flash Floppy firmware.

[@bytesaber]

@@philscomputerlab Ah! I will look for such a thing. Unless you advise where to look. Thank you kindly.

[@bigbasslake4280]

Hi Phil, This may be of some interest to you. I was able to get a Kingston 2g Micro SD card to work in one of the USB pen type Flash card readers. Now I do not have to tie up one of my 64g PNYs. I'm doing a retro multi boot build using CF cards and Micro SDs as my HDDs. I have it running DOS/3.11/98/200Pro/XP on cards. Win 7 is the main O/S on a SSD. Having this now working on one of the 2g Micro cards, fits right in with the theme. Thank you again for pointing out the USB compatibility issue. It was the key I needed.

[@footfiles]

Thank you so much for explaining how to use this! When I bought mine online, the documentation (or lack of) and the shitty software it came with made the prospect of using it more of a pain than a help.

[@droses1600]

I've ordered one of these (from AliExpress) for my Roland W30 sampler workstation. Does anyone have any information about what jumper settings to use, and any special installation/setup procedures???

[@Rigidity11]

i also would like to know about the jumper settings

[@droses1600]

@@Rigidity11 If you use the standard Gotek firmware, my SFRM72-FU-DL came with jumpers at S0 and JA and worked fine out of the box with my W30.

[@droses1600]

However, to overcome the 'only 99 files' handicap, yesterday I installed Keir Fraser's FlashFloppy firmware. Very quick, simple and easy to do with a USB A-A cable and 100% recommended. Number of files only limited by capacity of your stick. It also supports folders, but to make use of that you need to further mod with an OLED display and rotary encoder. Vid on YT about that. For further info and my How To document, visit the FF Wiki.

[@droses1600]

But you might need to remove the JA jumper for FlashFloppy to work. Hope that helps.

[@droses1600]

Don't buy a Gotek from AliExpress, you can buy the same thing from eBay for about half the price....

[@larsenmats]

So I have ordered some stuff from ebay to build myself a Pentium 166MMX retro computer. I own 5 Gotek floppy emulators and they are all using the HXC firmware. These were all bought for Amiga use. I know the HXC firmware is compatible with PC floppy images when using indexed mode. But my question is will it work with the sofwtware you use in this video when it's not running the stock firmware?

[@philscomputerlab]

I have no idea, for my uses I am happy with the stock model. I guess you will find out soon!

[@nullcore2]

+PhilsComputerLab , have you made some experience with running the Firmware from HxC2001 for the Gotek hardware instead of the original Gotek one?

[@philscomputerlab]

+nullcore2 Nope. I've heard of it, but for what I do I'm happy with the Gotek as it is. I don't have an Amiga or other machines with a different floppy standard.

[@PhilippMaierTelevision]

Imagine on a CP/M you could have an utility that controls the pushbuttons via GPIO - that would be like having a hard-disk!

[@ChookieWookie]

There are a lot of Gotek models. Can you tell me which one you prefer today for use with old PCs around 1990 era. Is this model the best one to get Sfr1m44-u100k ? Im working on restoring an old luggable PC and want to use this to install DOS, Windows and various software. The PC already has DOS 6.22 on it. Thank you

[@philscomputerlab]

I just bought the cheapest. There shouldn't be different models AFAIK.

[@speakin2003]

If I save something and it says disc full should I be able to just hit the right switch to continue saving to the next floppy after I have formatted it ti multiple floppys?

[@pietverhees3680]

Wat is type van de Gotek USB convertor voor Technics KN 6500

[@berechet100]

ik heb general music wk 4 keyboard and i instaal gotek usb floppy emulator but it still says the floppy is not formated can you format your usb with your mac to and how?

[@metalmulishajason]

Got mine today and followed the instructions but everytime the e34 error over and over again. Tried 7 different use sticks

[@marceloschiaff1886]

Hi I have a problem, the emulator software that work fine under Windows XP , don´t work under Windows 7 and now I can´t built the 100 units partition on the usb stick, IPCAS SFD GOTEK, both one and the other don´t work; The system send a message that says "the program its imcompatible", You can help me? Thanks

[@pesh909]

Thanks for the vid mate. I recently got a Yamaha rm1x groove box with an old gotek usb drive like that. I can’t get it to save music projects to it. Does it need to be formatted to fat32 specifically, or is my usb capacity possibly too large?

[@philscomputerlab]

Hold down both buttons. Power on device and it will format the USB.

[@mhwkwong]

How do you know which model to purchAse? Does it depend just on the number of pins your motherboard/cable has?

[@kevanbarrett7411]

Many thanks for this Phil. I have managed to do all what I wanted to do with the floppy emulator, so that's great. However I can only get floppy 00 to load data into and it would be nice to be able to access the other partitions. I assume I'm doing something wrong but cant find out what I'm not doing, even though I have watched your video many times. The batch opening option is greyed out, and when I try to open a partition, for some reason this initially opens the My Documents file. Any guidance would be most welcome.

[@philscomputerlab]

The windows software only works if you format the USB from the windows tool I believe. Also run it in admin mode.

[@kevanbarrett7411]

Thanks Phil. I did format the usb exactly as you did in the video, assume that was correct?@@philscomputerlab

[@philscomputerlab]

@@kevanbarrett7411 Use the software to formats not by holding down the buttons. The video is years ago, the details escape me 😅

[@majinpowers]

Just got a SFR1M44-U100 Gotek and the system will not boot anything from the drive. All I get is non system disk error when trying to boots MS-DOS 6.22. If using with a working HDD I can see the drive and copy stuff to it but nothing will boot. Any advice?

[@philscomputerlab]

How are you creating the bootdisk? Try booting from HDD then entering format a: /s

[@keithbeesting]

Cheers Phil very useful video. Out of interest if I wanted to use the Gotek on an Amiga do you know if its just a case of changing the jumper setting?

[@philscomputerlab]

No idea, I work with PCs, not Amiga.

[@mehdiqurbanli]

What is maximum capacity (limitation) for USB memory stick? I heard, the capacity should not be more than 4 GB. Is it true? thanks

[@Lowthos]

Anyone know if there is a usb generation requirement for the flash drives? Like can you use a brand new one or does it need an older drive?

[@spidermcgavenport]

excellent amount of effort going into each of your video's, nice bit of tech!

[@thatguyontheright1]

You can use that floppy emulator software without the drive to put stuff on, and you can use it on the gotek, correct?

[@droses1600]

@Phil I just bought a Gotek SFRM72-FU-DL emulator to replace the FDD on my Roland W30 workstation. One drawback I've noticed is that it's only possible to put 99 files on the USB stick. I assumed that because the Gotek had a 3 digit display up to 999 would be possible. Do you know of any possible mod to overcome this handicap? Thx.