Ah I see. I take it that it's fairly easy to make a dsk image in Winape? How do I do it? Sorry for all the questions Craig. It's just that I've not done this sort of thing before and I want to make sure that I get it right first time.
Yes it is a real floppy drive in the pc that I use for copying Amstrad stuff on to
OK, From memory, as I have only OSX hardware now, in WinAPE there is an option to insert a disc image, on that screen there is a button to edit the DSK. If you click that it opens the DSK editor.
In here you can create a new DSK image and drag and drop files from the Windows file system to the DSK image.
Once you have added your files and sved the DSK file, you can open with WinAPE and check the files are actually there and working correctly, then close WinAPE, open CPCDiskXP and copy the DSK file to the physical floppy disk.
If all goes well then you have an AmsDOS formatted 3.5inch disc that you can use on the CPC.
As I said in the other thread, if you remind me of your postal address I'll send you a copy of my ROM Essentials floppy disc Romdos 716k format.
Craig