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A keydisk is a uncopyable diskette that must be inserted into a computer in order to run a particular program. The key disk does not contain the whole program, only an essential part of it. Key disks are sometimes used so that a single licensed program can be installed on multiple machines but only used on one of them at a time or to prevent a protected game from being copied. | A keydisk is a uncopyable diskette that must be inserted into a computer in order to run a particular program. The key disk does not contain the whole program, only an essential part of it. Key disks are sometimes used so that a single licensed program can be installed on multiple machines but only used on one of them at a time or to prevent a protected game from being copied. | ||
Some keydisks used a non standard track | Some keydisks used a non standard track a hidden, uncopyable track with a essential part of the game's launcher, which if not found will warn the user to insert the original game disk to proceed. | ||
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* [[w:Special:Search/Keydisk|Search for Keydisk on Wikipedia]] | * [[w:Special:Search/Keydisk|Search for Keydisk on Wikipedia]] | ||
* [[:Category:Copy Protection]] | |||
* [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=41787#p394930 Copy Protection & Image Formats on VOGONS] | |||
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Description
A keydisk is a uncopyable diskette that must be inserted into a computer in order to run a particular program. The key disk does not contain the whole program, only an essential part of it. Key disks are sometimes used so that a single licensed program can be installed on multiple machines but only used on one of them at a time or to prevent a protected game from being copied.
Some keydisks used a non standard track a hidden, uncopyable track with a essential part of the game's launcher, which if not found will warn the user to insert the original game disk to proceed.
References
Also See
- CPC
- Search for Keydisk on Wikipedia
- Category:Copy Protection
- Copy Protection & Image Formats on VOGONS
