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Unless I'm mistaken, you should be able to get it from Archive.org again.
 
Which tool I can use to write HDD image , for example, Cobra to physical HDD(IDE)?

Actually, I have legit Cobra HDD and its dongle, but when I tested sd2psx COH dongle files, I might have mistakenly chosen other version, and as a result, my legit HDD looks locked. I wanted to restore it from the back up image.

I was trying to Lufus but it showed error for the img file - "format is not supported".
And I am thinking Windows DD - http://www.chrysocome.net/dd, (I am connecting IDE HDD via USB).

Any proven approach to restore the HDD img?
 
Jinyong Kim said:
Actually, I have legit Cobra HDD and its dongle, but when I tested sd2psx COH dongle files, I might have mistakenly chosen other version, and as a result, my legit HDD looks locked.
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Harddrives will not stop working from using wrong dongles.
 
nem said:
Harddrives will not stop working from using wrong dongles.
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After I faced the following error during sd2psx dongle test which I have never experienced before.

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I happened to find the following article.

https://www.aussiearcade.com/topic/75176-namco-system-246256-help-cobra-the-arcade/


Even my case did not allow to skip the error message to proceed.

This error is also happening with legit combination (hdd, dongle) since the sd2psx dongle test.

Just in case, cobra has two versions.
And I must have tested inconsistent versions of hdd and dongle.

So I was doubting my hdd is locked caused by inconsistent version combination.
 
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I find it more likely that the system settings stored on the motherboard are somehow now incorrect, and that is stopping it from booting. As far as I know nothing is written on the HDD, so you cannot brick it.

Try booting a completely different game in between. That will initialize the settings.

Also, if you're going to image the Mame chd on a drive, do it on a different drive, not the original drive. Your original drive could contain a different version.
 
nem said:
I find it more likely that the system settings stored on the motherboard are somehow now incorrect, and that is stopping it from booting. As far as I know nothing is written on the HDD, so you cannot brick it.

Try booting a completely different game in between. That will initialize the settings.

Also, if you're going to image the Mame chd on a drive, do it on a different drive, not the original drive. Your original drive could contain a different version.
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Understood.

Thanks for kind advice.

I will check initialization idea later.

I am currently restoring hdd from one nice guy's dump for the cobra. :)
 
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