{"id":803,"date":"2026-10-17T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/?page_id=803"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:36:49","slug":"smtdoc_create-disk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.r3tr0.net\/index.php\/smartdisk-ii-documentation\/smtdoc_create-disk\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartDisk II: Create disk and image formats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SmartDisk II \u00b7 User documentation \u00b7 Latest firmware<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a new disk image on the board: blank, bootable ProDOS or DOS 3.3, empty ProDOS or empty Macintosh (HFS). What each choice creates, how to type the name, and a reference of every image format the SmartDisk II reads, for each emulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2190 SmartDisk II documentation home<\/a> \u00b7 Page 12 of 16<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

1. Create disk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Create disk makes a new image file in the folder of the SD card that you are looking at, with a name you type. Use it for a blank disk that you format and fill, a disk that boots, or an empty Macintosh disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board makes the image. You do not need a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Create disk offers depends on the emulation that runs, because an image that the emulation would not list is no use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HD20 emulation (Macintosh): upcoming.<\/strong> It is not available in this firmware yet. The Emulation type<\/strong> list shows an HD20 (Mac)<\/strong> entry, but you cannot use it yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Make an image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The screens are on the OLED screens page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. In the File manager<\/strong>, open the folder where you want the image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Press ENTER<\/strong> on the .<\/code> entry of the folder. Directory options<\/strong> opens with Refresh<\/strong>, Create disk<\/strong>, New folder<\/strong> and Delete folder<\/strong>.
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    Directory options, with Create disk selected<\/figcaption><\/figure>

    For SmartPort, reach the file manager with Select image from<\/strong>, then File manager<\/strong> (SmartPort emulation<\/a>).<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  3. Choose Create disk<\/strong>. The New disk<\/strong> screen asks what the new disk holds. UP<\/strong> and DOWN<\/strong> move, ENTER<\/strong> chooses and RET<\/strong> goes back one screen.
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    The New disk screen on the Disk II: four contents<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Choose the kind of disk: the size and the file type. This screen is skipped when the content has only one kind of disk on the running emulation. For example, DOS 3.3 on the Disk II is always a 140K .dsk<\/code>.
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    The kind of disk for a blank image on the Disk II<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Type the name (next section). Choose [OK]<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. The screen shows Please wait…<\/strong> while the board writes the image. The keys do nothing meanwhile. The folder is then listed again with the new image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If the board cannot make the image, the footer of the list shows Create failed!<\/strong> (the card is full, the card does not answer, or no free name was found).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The footer after a refused Create disk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Type the name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The Image Name<\/strong> screen starts with a default name for the content: PRODOS<\/code>, DOS33<\/code>, DATA<\/code>, UNTITLED<\/code> or NEWIMAGE<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The name editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n