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Virtual Floppy |
Virtual Floppy Drive mounts a floppy disk image in a similar fashion to using a UNIX loop device as a normal floppy disk. You can then access the disk image by all normal means including disk editors (of course, not fdisk). It runs under Windows NT/2000/XP and possibly also 2003 and Vista (32-bit only, 64-bit requires extra compilation, see the link to the homepage below). |
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== Usage == |
== Usage == |
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This tool is used similarly to filedisk. After installing and starting the device driver with: |
This tool is used similarly to filedisk. After installing and starting the device driver with: |
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vfd.exe install /AUTO |
vfd.exe install /AUTO |
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vfd.exe start |
vfd.exe start |
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You can mount and unmount the floppy using: |
You can mount and unmount the floppy using: |
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vfd.exe mount floppy_image.img /L:b |
vfd.exe mount floppy_image.img /L:b |
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vfd.exe unmount |
vfd.exe unmount |
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where /L:b instructs the driver to use drive B: for the virtual floppy. |
where /L:b instructs the driver to use drive B: for the virtual floppy. |
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== VFD 2.1 == |
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In this newer version, the GUI has been expanded and VFD can be integrated into the Windows shell. This way, by assigning the application to the correct file types, you can simply double-click the floppy image and VFD will take care of the rest. |
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== Links == |
== Links == |
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* [http:// |
* [http://vfd.sourceforge.net/ homepage] |
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[[Category:Disk Image Utilities]] |
[[Category:Disk Image Utilities]] |
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[[Category:Virtual]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 9 July 2023
Virtual Floppy Drive mounts a floppy disk image in a similar fashion to using a UNIX loop device as a normal floppy disk. You can then access the disk image by all normal means including disk editors (of course, not fdisk). It runs under Windows NT/2000/XP and possibly also 2003 and Vista (32-bit only, 64-bit requires extra compilation, see the link to the homepage below).
Usage
This tool is used similarly to filedisk. After installing and starting the device driver with:
vfd.exe install /AUTO vfd.exe start
You can mount and unmount the floppy using:
vfd.exe mount floppy_image.img /L:b vfd.exe unmount
where /L:b instructs the driver to use drive B: for the virtual floppy.
VFD 2.1
In this newer version, the GUI has been expanded and VFD can be integrated into the Windows shell. This way, by assigning the application to the correct file types, you can simply double-click the floppy image and VFD will take care of the rest.