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Need to backup some floppies - what software can I use? (Win 7 x64 / Win XP Pro 32-bit)

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First post, by Foxhack

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I'm currently trying to back up some older DOS games and Windows 95 / 98 installs on 3.5" floppy disks using an external USB floppy drive I recently purchased. I've been out of the loop for some time - I mostly play old games on CD now - so I don't know what kind of software to use. I used to use WinImage, but I don't know if there are other, better alternative options now. I can run stuff on Windows 7 (or XP via a VM), so that's not a problem, I just need to know what software to use.

Any suggestions? Apologies if this has been answered before.

Reply 1 of 3, by vladstamate

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I still use WinImage actually. There are versions that run on Win7 (I run it on both Win10 and Win95/98). Just create .img files.

However that will not work well with disks for games that have copy protection.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Foxhack

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I'm going to emulate old PC games, not play on old hardware... so I posted my question here. Sorry.

I'm fairly sure these games don't have disk-based copy protection anyway, just manual-based stuff. 😀

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