Floppy images
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:14 am
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:
To quit VFD simply type these two commands: 'stop' and 'exit'.
Hope you enjoy it
.
PS. You can also use it as tutorial
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: [VFD] install
Installed the Virtual Floppy driver. - start - it will start the driver.[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:[VFD] link 1 B
Drive 1 : B (Persistent) - now you can type status, what should give similar output:[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.[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
To quit VFD simply type these two commands: 'stop' and 'exit'.
Hope you enjoy it
.PS. You can also use it as tutorial