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to: HOLGER GRANHOLM
from: BENNY PEDERSEN
date: 2016-11-30 10:08:00
subject: Diskcopy

Hej Holger!

Mandag 28. November 2016 kl.09:46 skrev Holger Granholm til All:

 HG> Howdy all *nix users,

 HG> Is there a diskcopy function available on a *nix system??

man dd

 HG> Yes, I do still use the old ones I have saved stuff on!

why not stick to just use zip ?

 HG> I was in for one of the great surprises yesterday.

how ?

 HG> One of my 3.5" diskettes showed signs of getting tired, so I decided
 HG> to make a diskcopy to get the contents on a fresh media.

harddest part is to find a usb floppy drive now, and then begin make zip files
of the content files on floppy

 HG> To my great surprise there was no such a function included in Win 10!

bah

 HG> To make a copy of that diskette....

try fileziia (ftp client program, works well to this job)

 HG> I had to close down Windows and re-start the machine with a pure
 HG> (PC)DOS diskette, to do the simple operation of creating a copy of
 HG> that old one, while it was still readable

have you searched in windows 10 apps ?

and lastly Copy + Paste do work even with floppy !

if you dont like it, try http://www.gpsoft.com.au/ directoryOpus


Benny

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