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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:53:14 PST8
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: re: floppy copy ?

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ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/loaddf.zip

of 01/27/93.
Useful when you must re-create a floppy exactly, not just the files it contains.

From the Abstract:

"SaveDskF.exe and LoadDskF.exe are a pair of utilities to save a diskette
to a file and vice-versa. SaveDskF.exe can be used to capture an image of a
diskette into a file. The file can be transported somewhere and with
LoadDskF.exe be reconstructed into the original diskette. This can be handy
for electronically sending bootable diskettes. Data compression is used and only
the data necessary to reconstruct the used portion of the diskette is stored.
If you choose, you may include a text description of the diskette to be
included in the diskette image file.

This set of utility programs will run on a wide variety of operating systems.
DOS 3.3 or later; OS/2 1.x; and OS/2 2.x.

These programs are not intended to save fixed disk images. All standard FAT
diskette formats are supported."

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On 3/28/05, Peter wrote, in part:
>What is the name of the utility that copies a floppy to a single hard
>drive file, and then uses that file to recreate the floppy?
>
>(I'm always misplacing my floppies, so I want to make copies of them
>onto my hard drive and then create a floppy when I need it. I can't
>just copy the individual files because some of the floppies have master
>boot records.)
>
>- Peter
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