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Need help in copying img to floppy

jtan2000

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Hi

I download some img from www.winworldPC.com

I get error message "image file is corrupt, incorrect version or not a diskcopy image file"

when using DISKCOPY R2.04 Diskette copying utility
DISKCOPY C:\DISK2.IMG A:

I also use Dos 6.22 Diskcopy still unable copy the img to floppy

Please help I am new to this.

Suggest what utility to use and the syntax copy the image to floppy

Thank you.
 
More info needed. What type of machine? What type of floppy? 5.25, 3.5, DD, HD? Are you trying to create a bootable floppy?
 
More info needed. What type of machine? What type of floppy? 5.25, 3.5, DD, HD? Are you trying to create a bootable floppy?

Hi @tradde

IBM 5150 with 5.25 floppy drive 360kb
I am trying to create these 2 disk from img


Thank you.
 
So you have a 5.25 1.2Mb floppy drive? You can make it write 360 (with narrower tracks of course). I have never yet done this. But there should be many posting in this forum of how to do it using Imagedisk, Teledisk, or some similar tool. Search for creating 360k floppy on PC, or something like that. Or you may have a nearby person that could make it for you. Right now my PC only has 360k floppies in it as I was making floppies for my Kaypro. Good luck.
 
You should be able to use Mike Brutman's DSKIMAGE, Read the instructions in the zip and do it on your 5150
 
If your current computer doesn't have a 5 1/4 drive, how do you expect your 5150 with only 5 1/4 drives to read it?

Are you trying to image the file to a 1.44mb disk that the IBM 5150 you have cannot read?
 
jtan2000,
I've downloaded those *.7z packaged files and extracted them. The main files in those packaged
files are *.IMD and *.IMA or *.IMG. The *.IMD files are a format produced by Dave Dunfield for his
IMAGEDISK Software. Imagedisk and Dave's utilities can extract the Sector Dump of the *.IMD
images. I've processed those files with my A.BAT file.

IMA, RAW, and IMG are Sector Dumps (for these images 40 Tracks, 512 Bytes per Sector and 8 Sectors).

A.BAT contains
Code:
IMDA IBMEXPLR.IMD > IBMEXPLR.TXT
IMDA DISK01.IMD > DISK01.TXT

IMDU IBMEXPLR.IMD IBMEXPLR.RAW /B /E /D >> IBMEXPLR.TXT
IMDU DISK01.IMD DISK01.RAW /B /E /D >> DISK01.TXT

This gives a lot more information on the type files, the number of tracks, Sectors, Bytes per Sector,
Sector layout, Number of sides, and Bit rate 250kbps, and Density = Double Density.

Code:
IMageDisk Utility 1.18 / Mar 07 2012
IMD 1.18: 12/01/2017 12:10:53

Assuming 1:1 for Binary output
 0/0 250 kbps DD  8x512
      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
      D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 1/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 2/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 3/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 4/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 5/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
 ....
....
....
....
31/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D
32/0  D   D   D   D   D   D   DF6 DF6
33/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
34/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
35/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
36/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
37/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
38/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
39/0  DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6 DF6
40 tracks(40/0), 320 sectors (58 Compressed)

Older CP/M and DOS Archiving Software:
*.IMD IMAGEDISK by Dave Dunfield
*.TD0 TELEDISK by Chuck Guzis = SYDEX

If you have an older computer that supports Floppy Drives, TELEDISK, IMAGDISK, dd for DOS,
LIBDSK for DOS, and DISKIMAGE can write your image(s) to Floppy.

You can also use any of the Fluxwriters to write Floppy's: Kryoflux, Catweasle, Fluxengine, GreaseWeazle,
SuperCard Pro, and Disk Ferret will write Floppy's. There may be other Flux Writers too!


Larry
 

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Thank you all for your reply and special thanks to Larry @ldkraemer for detail analysis and suggestions.

I will try these method/ suggestion in this thread. This is a great learning experience.


Other note: I was able to create the disk

A drive gotek with the image from www.winworldPC.com
B drive IBM 360 kb floppy drive
C drive MFM hardrive or IDE-SD card


On C drive diskcopy.com (http://www.freewarereview.info/2006...y_disk_imaging_and_virtualization_part_i.html) and my batchfile c.bat

cls
diskcopy a: c:\i.img
pause

diskcopy c:\i.img b:
 
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