Floppy images

[mjaniszewski2]

Hi there!
I had some problems with creating floppy images using WinImage and Partition Magic rescue diskettes.
I have found Virtual Floppy Drive and extracted it to some dir.
Then i ran console (be pressing Win+R and 'cmd'), switched to VFD dir and entered a command 'vfd'.
It will give you VFD own console, where you have to type:

• install - it will install VFD driver in your system. You should see this:

  Quote:

  [VFD] install Installed the Virtual Floppy driver.

  
  
• start - it will start the driver.

  Quote:

  [VFD] start Started the Virtual Floppy driver.

  
  
• link 1 B - it will assign drive #1 to letter B. From now on you should be able to see one more floppy drive in My Computer - Floppy 5,25" B:

  Quote:

  [VFD] link 1 B Drive 1 : B (Persistent)

  
  
• now you can type status, what should give similar output:

  Quote:

  [VFD] status Driver : C:\Documents and Settings\misieq\Pulpit\vfd\vfd.sys Version : 2.1 Start Type : DEMAND Status : RUNNING Shell extension is disabled. Drive 0 : Image : <none> Drive 1 : B (Persistent) Image : <none>

  
  
• open b: c:\flop.img /144 what will open an image file c:\flop.img to which device b: is pointing with 1.44 mb size.

  Quote:

  [VFD] open b: c:\flop.img /144 Nie mo┐na odnalečŠ okreťlonego pliku. Create a new image file (Y:yes / N:no) ? Created a new image file. Drive 1 : B (Persistent) Image : c:\flop.img Description: RAW image 1,474,560 bytes (1.44 MB) Type : FILE Media : 3.5" 1.44MB Access : Writable

  
  

Now you can write for example your PM rescue discs to drive B: and it will be saved in c:\flop.img which you can easily open in winimage.

To quit VFD simply type these two commands: 'stop' and 'exit'.

Hope you enjoy it .

PS. You can also use it as tutorial

[Victor Chew]

Thanks! I will link it from the "Tutorials" page.

[ei9hk]

all went well till:
[VFD] open b: c:\flop.img /144
It could not find the path
Help, please
Tony

[Constance]

Hmm what is that supposed to do ?
To create floppy images you may just use RawRead ... that's much easier than that ^^
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[McStarfighter]

It is a complete virtual Floppy Drive with read and write support. You can use it, if a tool needs a floppy drive to create discs. Very nice tool.