Need to copy a 5-year old 1.44 floppy that has two FAT's

DiskCopy?
> Aren't there programs out there that copy bit by bit along the surface of the disk without regard to the content?

I think this goes against grain of possibility that a bad sector is on either disk. Most images won't/can't accomodate.

Dos itself provides two FATs.
Try?:   Format  A:  /u   /s

Could be OS dependent. What OS? (ver)

> but it will not function accurately

Protected? You think it looks for specific info in specific sector?

Define not functioning.

Also (consider) telling us the app may help get an answer to getting you a good one.

if you are using win2k, NT or xp to read the floppies, dont do it.
these os' are very pick about the floppy condition.
try to copy the files on win9x computer..

>>but it will not function accurately
what error do you get??
if u get error in EXE file, the file is corrupt on disk.

try to run the program from the disk itself without copying...

which software u are copying btw??

Under DOS/Windows Disk Dupe and WinImage are good. Under Linux you could try the following:

cp \fda \home\image.dat

this will copy diskette image from \fda device to image.dat file.

cp \home\image.dat \fda

this will copy image.dat to another diskette.

Hi!

Just a small comment:
In linux you can copy floppy by:
cp /dev/fd0 /tmp/test.img

For example, this image can be written back to floppy with winimage or rawrite in windows or as follows in linux:
cp /tmp/test.img /dev/fd0

Regards
/Hans - Erik Skyttberg

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