Jorpho wrote:Jo22 wrote:Be careful, Windows 9x is hazardous for backing up and restoring floppies, because it modifies the boot sector without permissio […]
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Be careful, Windows 9x is hazardous for backing up and restoring floppies, because it modifies the boot sector without permission.
Seriously, better use Windows 3.1 and WinImage 3.0 for that purpose or a real Operating System, like Windows NT/2000/XP/..
I don't want to know how many disks were killed because of Windows 95/98.
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ihc-damage/
That does not appear to be of particular concern when it comes to writing copies of downloaded MS-DOS 6.22 installation floppies.
No, not in particular, but does that matter ? It's just a general warning. 😅 I've seen several books (from the library also),
which had their floppies not beeing write-protected. It was especially worse with 5.25" floppy disks.
The librarians were apparently unaware that these disks required their write-protect tab to be applied,
which is exactly the opposite to how it is done on more common 3.5" disks (and ancient 8" disks also).
http://jesusnjim.com/training-tips/floppies.html
This is very sad if someone realizes that most people who lend these books are nolonger using
period-correct (->safe) machines anymore, but some cheapo Windows 9x machines. 🙁
Then all it needs to "ruin" a historic floppy is a newb who clicks on the floppy icon. 😢
xplus93 wrote:My main machine I use for imaging is a Dell C810 with Me. Works perfectly.
Sure it works. But if the write-protection slider is not in a safe position, you originals may get overwritten.
According to the link, it doesn't require much to trigger that. A simple "dir a:" is all it needs.
Perhaps a click on drive a: does the very same in explorer (speaking under correction, I was never so keen to actually try that).
Anyway, it was not meant as a critique. I was just worried. If you're an careful, experienced user it might be okay for you.
On WinImage, you can also use the verify/compare option to make sure the disk is still fine condition.
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