First post, by keropi
- Rank
- l33t++
Hiya!
I've been meaning to ask this question for quite some time so here it is: what is your favorite DOS floppy disk imager?
Mine was Oliver Fromme's HD-COPY , I really like this program and it's GUI but it has serious issues with 360kb and 720kb floppy disks, the images it creates are garbage... The visual representation of bad tracks and/or retries is really useful to detect and replace bad disks or have it read it a bazillion times until one successful copy is made 🤣
I know konc uses FreeDOS's discopy successfully and I kinda like TeleDisk but the weird format puts me off.
I want something that can create good IMG files from standard unprotected (or even easily-bypassed with light protection) floppies from my originals. 99% of mine don't use a keydisk or anything special, they rely to doc checks. Big plus if it auto-detects the media and does not require entering parameters etc
I have thought the possibility of getting a kryoflux-like device , maybe that's the way to go? On the other hand it's a 100+ eur investment and I am not really interested in the exotic ultra-detailed format these devices offer...
Anyone here has a recommendation? Surely there is something I am missing out there 😊
TIA for any info/tips!