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FLPYIMG: Read/Write Floppy Image

flpyimg will read, write, and verify entire floppy disk images, or just the boot sector. It's useful for backing up boot floppies, or for preparing boot floppies with a custom operating system.

Reading a floppy image from drive: and writing it to file:

flpyimg switches... drive: file

Reading a floppy image from file and writing it to drive:

flpyimg switches... file drive:
Flpyimg Switches
Switch Description
-b Boot sector only, not the entire disk
-h Help
-v Verify that file matches disk contents

Examples

Read the entire contents of disk a: and write it to the file foo.img.

flpyimg a: foo.img

Read the first 512 bytes of boot.img and write it to the boot sector of disk b:.

flpyimg -b boot.img b:

Read the entire contents of disk b: and verify that it matches the file foo.img:

flpyimg -v b: foo.img

Notes

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