Floppies backup on non-floppies

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I have some old games and softwares on 3.5" floppies that are worth archiving. Since floppies demagnetize themselves with time I would like to "clone" them to another medium before it's too late.

Something like an ISO but for floppies would be great. I just want to mount the file to a virtual floppy (either in a regular environment or in visualization).

Is there something like this? I use Windows 8 64-bit (but have access to all Windows since 3.11 in visualization).

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '13 at 14:27

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I have used WinImage in the past. Its not open source or freeware, but it is a great program for making images of removable media, such as floppies. It can create images in a variety of common formats as well.

answered Jan 31 '13 at 14:27

Keltari

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:23

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I am using RawwriteWin which is FREE and then Virtualfloppy to access them when needed, on a mounted drive

answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:23

Kitet

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 14:15

In all honesty Alexv, the easiest way would be to simply copy the data off the floppies, onto your harddisk.

You dont need an exact copy of the disc, as floppies never had any way of telling if the medium they were stored on was a "genuine" floppy or a copy.

Floppies backup on non-floppies

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