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XDF Format Disks.
Name: Mick C Date: February 20, 2000 at 07:19:10 Pacific
Comment:
I have a copy of PC-DOS 7.0 Setup Disks in XDF Format. I wish to backup disks to CD/R but cannot. My main backup program is WinImage. I can duplicate disks with XDFCopy from 3.5" to 3.5" disks OK. But how do I backup to CD or Hard Drive for future use, in case of floppy disk fail?
Name: Mick C Date: February 21, 2000 at 13:02:41 Pacific
Reply:
The above disk set is Disk 1 (1.44 Format) Disks 2 to 5 (XDF Format) Problem now is that on test install, Disk 3 is corrupt.
To late to make backup copy now!
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Response Number 2
Name: Mick C Date: February 23, 2000 at 10:43:23 Pacific
Reply:
Have got replacement set of PC-DOS 7.0 (PC-DOS 2000) F.O.C. from local IBM Supplier. In Non-XDF 1.44MB HD Disks.
So problem is not now important anymore.
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Response Number 3
Name: Leonid Date: February 26, 2000 at 13:25:54 Pacific
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Hi. 1. try to run xdfcopy for every distributed disk (or any .xdf formatted disk) >xdfcopy a: file#.img the result is a file set and could be written anywhere to. 2. every long file could be diunpack'ed or dskxtrct'ed (hobbes.nmsu.edu) into bundle then unpack'ed with d:\os2\unpack.exe.
Summary: I can't beleive after all the homework I did nobody mentioned that not all floppy drives are compatible with xdf formatting...... I went through 3 floppy drives on my desktop and discovered none of th...
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