Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
Law212 wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:20:Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
I generally use WinImage.
Wasn't Winimage the one that replaced boot sectors?
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Shagittarius wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:37:Law212 wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:20:Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
I generally use WinImage.
Thanks, I ll try that .
Zup wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:50:Wasn't Winimage the one that replaced boot sectors?
Any good imaging software copies all data, including the boot sector. It's part of the disc. They might give a choice not to, but by default I fail to see why they wouldn't.
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WinImage does write its own stuff into the boot sector, so the image you get is not 100% exact. Not sure if you can disable this "feature" as I haven't used it in a long time.
I highly recommend M. Brutman's DskImage. It's a very simple tool, but you can use it even on an 8088 and will produce a raw image without any unnecessary fluff.
TheMobRules wrote on 2023-04-20, 21:16:WinImage does write its own stuff into the boot sector, so the image you get is not 100% exact. Not sure if you can disable this "feature" as I haven't used it in a long time.
I heard about this a couple of time and I'm all ears, however, whenever I tried to confirm that, I failed.
The floppy image created by WinImage and a Freeware floppy imager was the same each time.
How is it possible to force this "feature" to occur?
Edit: Could it be that WinImage changes the boot sector if you create a blank image in WinImage?
Ie, when selecting 1,44 MB diskette format, then use drag&drop to insert files?
That would make sense, that there's a custom boot sector. In the DOS days, quite a few diskettes had displayed a
custom boot text if being booted from (disk was accidentally left in A: drive during boot).
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Law212 wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:20:Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
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penguin icon
maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-04-20, 22:02:http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite ^ penguin icon […]
Law212 wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:20:Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
^
penguin icon
Thats the one! Thanks! I tried WinWrite and it doesnt work. So thanks!
Law212 wrote on 2023-04-21, 13:46:maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-04-20, 22:02:http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite ^ penguin icon […]
Law212 wrote on 2023-04-20, 17:20:Hi all, I was using this great program that would copy downloaded floppy disk images to disk. It was super easy to use and worked like a charm but I formatted my laptop and cant remember the name of the software. I think it had a penguin for an icon? Anyone know of it or a good program that does this?
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
^
penguin iconThats the one! Thanks! I tried WinWrite and it doesnt work. So thanks!
It worked right away just as I remember. Thanks again!
You're welcome, glad to hear it
