Disk Image Driver can't be loaded

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Disk Image Driver can't be loaded

I'm running an old Mac Plus with System 7.5.3 on it. It's working pretty well, except for that the Disk Image Driver wouldn't load. It worked on System 7.0.1, but it won't on anything above that. It's weird. The exact error message I've received when I executed a smi file is "The Disk Image driver could not be loaded. (-21)." It has an OK button on the box. I'm wondering if it's just the incompatibility of the computer or a problem with the driver. Please reply.

Macintosh Plus, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier, System 7.5.3, on Mini vMac emulator

Posted on Dec 9, 2006 6:27 PM

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Answer 1

Denis Eddy

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Dec 22, 2006 7:03 PM in response to Yukai Li

Yukai Li
A first and least-cost attack may be to download a fresh copy of Disk Copy (assuming that you were not using the shareware [as it was] ShrinkWrap) from here. Awkwardly, you will need StuffIt to decode the .bin file, but doing so should give you a self-mounting image of Disk Copy.

Apple IIe; 68K: 11DT + 4PB; PPC: 5DT + 3PB; G3: 6DT System 6.0.8 to OS 10.4.x

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Answer 2

Dec 25, 2006 4:33 PM in response to Yukai Li

If there's any Disk Images mounted eject them. As long as Disk Images are loaded in memory it's impossible to update the disk image driver.

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