On the other hand, I'd don't see the point of archiving floppy images (except perhaps for nostalgic reasons) since floppy disks themselves are quickly becoming history. Just archive the floppy image once you've copied to it. Most (all?) virtualization tools will allow you to use an image as a virtual floppy disk. The only limitation compared to ISO images was that you could not mount a DFI image.Īs suggested by David Schmitt, you could always do it via a virtual machine. For example, the HD format of 3½-inch floppy disks uses 512 bytes per sector, 18 sectors per track. However, they will still support them with a separate device driver provided by Microsoft. It was a true sector-based copy and could successfully read passed bad sectors and even physical damage. Windows 10 and Windows 11 no longer comes with drivers for floppy disk drives (both internal and external). DFI (Disk Factory Image) image file of a floppy disk, or you could directly copy disk-to-disk. Shout if you think need it and I'll see what I can do.ĭiskFactory was a floppy disk imaging utility which created a. I still have an installer for v3, but I don't know if it's legal to post for download. Download links lead you round in circles, and the domain name now tries to sell you CDs and DVDs. It was a shareware program written by Mark McGinty, but it unfortunately seems to have disappeared from the net. I've used DiskFactor圓2 since the days of Windows 95/NT4.
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