To format the USB stick plug it into a USB port, not the Gotek.
The gotek only reads the usb stick.
the software is used to write to the stick so the gotek can use it.

Na, the Gotek can format the stick. Press some buttons during power up, IIRC.

But to be honest: the vanilla firmware is not the greatest. However there is this:

https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy

I haven't installed it yet but will do so in the coming weeks...

root42 wrote:

Press some buttons

Very helpful. 😵

tannerstevo wrote:

root42 wrote:

Press some buttons

Very helpful. 😵

I haven't used the gotek for a few months. And I formatted the stick only once. Try pressing both buttons and then power up. It should quickly count up to 99 or 100.

Yep ..
sort of figured it out myself ..
🤣
I assumed I could write a floppy image through the Gotek..and as has been pointed out ..
Not possible ..at least not with usb_floppy_emulator_1.40i
The PC I was using doesn't even have USB ports ..so nipped over to my win7 PC ... installed the software on that ..
Formatted the stick ..and put a win98se boot floppy image on OO..
back downstairs with the stick ..and the PC with the Gotek ..booted from it no problem.
thanks guys ..
but I guess everyone has to start somewhere with something new..
(insert red face here ..🤣)

..that said if it is possible to write floppy images through the Gotek with different software ..that would be very useful in this case.
rgds

Glad you got it working.
And root42, sorry did not mean to be short with you, I have just had a very bad day at work.

tannerstevo wrote:

Glad you got it working.
And root42, sorry did not mean to be short with you, I have just had a very bad day at work.

No worries.

And else, I can still declare you a foe in the system. 🤣

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Yep ..
sort of figured it out myself ..
🤣
I assumed I could write a floppy image through the Gotek..and as has been pointed out ..
Not possible ..at least not with usb_floppy_emulator_1.40i
The PC I was using doesn't even have USB ports ..so nipped over to my win7 PC ... installed the software on that ..
Formatted the stick ..and put a win98se boot floppy image on OO..
back downstairs with the stick ..and the PC with the Gotek ..booted from it no problem.
thanks guys ..
but I guess everyone has to start somewhere with something new..
(insert red face here ..🤣)

..that said if it is possible to write floppy images through the Gotek with different software ..that would be very useful in this case.
rgds

- You can copy all your images one by one: After formatting your flash drive (i.e. by pressing two buttons together while powering up your Gotek), chose the appropriate "slot" on the Gotek (i.e. 000, 001, 002, 003,......999) and use a diskcopy sofware of your own choise to transfer the image files into your flash drive. Very tiresome and loooong process.

- This floppy emulator sofware that you are trying to use is ok for writing images to your Gotek formatted USB flash drive. It is ok for only a 100 images though.

- Use the instructions and batch files there: https://github.com/xtcrefugee/gotek-usb-batch-files

- Use the procedure here to change your Gotek's firmware with "flashfloppy" (and your 7-segment Gotek display with an OLED display while you are at it), and just copy all the images into a common normal format USB flash drive: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy