HD Floppies in DD Drives

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Mon Nov 10 16:27:07 1997

At 08:43 AM 11/9/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Here's a silly question, but one I've never understood:
 
Not that silly; but I'm afraid I don't recall the answer. 8^)

>Since some of the software for my "old" (first generation PC) computers
>is on 5 1/4" disks of dubious condition, I would like to make copies
 
I think the best way to do this is to make disk images. I know the Mac can
do this with Mac disks, and I'm sure the PC can too, but I've not found
(i.e., not looked for) the software to do it. Can someone recommend a PC
program to read 5.25" (and 3.5"?) diskettes and make images of them?

This, I think, is where syquest drives (and similar) come in *very* handy.
You can store the images on a removeable disk and not bother taking up fixed
disk space for them.


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