Exact clone of diskette ?

Hi,

is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.


TIA !

"MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk> wrote in message
news:43cab908$0$29454$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.
>
>
> TIA !
Are you talking about a `protected` floppy ?.

yes. need backup, but copy stops at 30% whatever I do. I imagine some error
is there. But do not want to live with a single copy of so fragile support

"old jon" <jonbrookes@nospamntlworld.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
WOyyf.75751$uR.7579@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk> wrote in message
> news:43cab908$0$29454$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
>> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.
>>
>>
>> TIA !
> Are you talking about a `protected` floppy ?.
>

"old jon" <jonbrookes@nospamntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:WOyyf.75751$uR.7579@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk> wrote in message
> news:43cab908$0$29454$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
>> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.
>>
>>
>> TIA !
> Are you talking about a `protected` floppy ?.
>

look for a old dos based disk copy program called : Disk Copy Fast , or
something like that. It will do a sector by sector copy regardless of bad
sectors.

MM

MoiMeme wrote:

> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.

As far as I know the partition/disk image programs work
just as well for diskettes as for hard disks.

Freeware: "Partition Saving".
http://damien.guibouret.free.fr/en/

This freeware program works just as well as the payware equivalents
"Norton Ghost" and Powerquest's "Drive Image". PS is actually the
quickest of them.

You can tell these programs to save only used sectors, or all sectors.
You can choose to make an image of only one partition or the whole
disk.

If you run one of these programs from a floppy you can remove the
floppy after the program has loaded, so you can use the floppy unit for
copying or restoring other floppy disks in the same floppy unit.

You can use a DOS boot diskette, with Partition Saving on it, then
insert the floppy you want to make an image of, store the image file on
a hd, then insert the floppy you want to write the image to.
That creates a perfect copy of the floppy disk.

For modern computers without a floppy unit you can burn the program to
a selfbooting CD and use it like you run it from a floppy unit.

"Partition Saving" is already included on many selfbooting rescue CD's.


--
Roger J.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:05:39 +0100, "MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk>
mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...

>Hi,
>
>is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
>file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.
>
>
>TIA !

Try newsgroup "alt.msdos." if you aren't satisfied here.

Am Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:05:39 +0100 schrieb MoiMeme:

> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.

VGACopy:
http://www.vgasoft.de/files/vgacp625.zip

HTH,
Jörg

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:39:55 -0500, "MM" <marvinsnot@here.com> wrote:

>look for a old dos based disk copy program called : Disk Copy Fast , or
>something like that. It will do a sector by sector copy regardless of bad
>sectors.

DCF won't copy bad sectors (if they can't be read, they can't be
copied), but it's a great program.

I found two good links at
<http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone16/cat922/3065.htm>

> "MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk> wrote:

>is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
>file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.

Floppy Image?

http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/floppyimage.html

"MoiMeme" <moimeme@be.uk> wrote in news:43cab908$0$29454
$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be:

> Hi,
>
> is there a way to perform an exact clone of a diskette ? I mean not
> file-based by low-level clone as for hard drives imaging.
>
>
> TIA !
>
>

From the documentation of Floppy Image ....
v1.5.2 is last freeware
v2.3.2 is current shareware, 14 day free trial.
http://www.rundegren.com/

<quote> from v2.3.2, v1.5.2 does not have a help file, but the same
options ('emergency mode' and 'recreate bad sectors') and present in
v1.5.2

Copy protected disks often contain bad sectors so in order to create an
image file you should read the floppy disk using the emergency mode as
described previously. This will create an image file that contains
information about the copy protected disk.

The next step is to write the image file back onto a floppy disk that
doesn't contain any bad sectors. First make sure that Format floppy disk
before writing to it and Recreate bad sectors when writing disk are
checked under the Floppy Disk tab in the Settings as seen below. Please
note that this requires that you are running Windows 2000 or later since
previous versions of Windows doesn't support this mode.