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Old 17th May 2002 | 20:01
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Question Diskette Imaging Software?

I run tests for computer literacy, and this involves preparing anything between 100 and 200 1.44Mb 3.5" diskettes per week. Since these sort of numbers add up significantly over a period of time, I copy the completed diskettes off to my hard disk (and subsequently to CD-ROM for archive purposes), and then re-use the diskettes.

At present I then re-format the used diskettes (tedious) and then copy the required files onto the diskette (anything up to about a 1Mb). Extremely tedious!

It occurs to me that a better way to go would be to use diskette imaging - that way I can effectively format the diskette and copy the files at the same time. It might also be faster than copying file by file.

Thinking that this should be within the capability of Norton Ghost, I fired it up -- only to discover that it only works with hard disks and quasi-hard didks (ZIP drives) but not with diskettes.

Does anyone know of a diskette imaging programme (preferably freeware, and preferably one that would detect any bad sectors on the diskette).

Many thanks in anticipation ....
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