Another DOS utility which I have used for dumping/writing floppy disk images is here: http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/othersys/dcopy.zip
It allows for specifying drive geometry, so in the case that you are having trouble creating a dump because of a flaw in an unused area of the media, perhaps you can create a partial dump (eg. 50 out of 80 tracks) that still manages to capture all of the relevant data. On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:34:09 -0500, Bernd Blaauw <bbla...@home.nl> wrote: > Op 16-1-2013 6:28, kurt godel schreef: >> "fdread" from Feinman's createcd133, which flawlessly created an .img >> from a real floppy in the drive. >> I can actually boot this machine from a bootable floppy, yet the >> fdread utility runs to a certain percentage than stops with the >> message:"disk not formatted properly."' >> That motivated use of VFD; I didn't realize VFD could edit an >> existing .img; the how-to documentation for VFD is almost non-existant. >> I'll try Bernds suggestion.TNX. > > Under Windows, WinImage is a good one. Perhaps under DOS, FreeDOS's > DISKCOPY program would do the trick > (DISKCOPY A: C:\FLOPPY.IMG /O /G /X ) > > Not sure what the fdread program is, maybe was created before DISKCOPY. > Some RAREAD/RAWREAD program is also an option if it exists as > counterpart for RAWRITE. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery > and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. > SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
