Best way to archive floppy disks to CD disk?

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Brian

I'm looking for a program that will archive my floppy disks either to
the hard drive or a CD-RW Disk.
I'd like to be able to include all folders that are on each of the
original floppy disks.
Once my disks have been archived I'd like to be able to access any
file on the CD-RW.

Can someone suggest a program or method to do this?

Regards Brian
 
I'm looking for a program that will archive my floppy disks either to
the hard drive or a CD-RW Disk.
I'd like to be able to include all folders that are on each of the
original floppy disks.
Once my disks have been archived I'd like to be able to access any
file on the CD-RW.

Can someone suggest a program or method to do this?
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A very simple way would be to open a DOS window and use XCOPY.
Assuming files on FDD A: you could say, for example:

XCOPY a:\*.* c:\floppy01\ /s

which will copy all files on the A: drive to the directory floppy01 on
your HDD (C:) and create any necessary subdirectories.

Or you could first create a directory such as FLOPPIES and then use:

XCOPY a:\*.* c:\FLOPPIES\floppy01\ /s

No doubt there are many more devious ways of doing this, including
using a command line compression program along with XCOPY in a batch
file. Options are endless.

Cheers, Phred.
 
You might think also about ability to recreate archived floppies (for
bootable floppies for example).
Unfortunatelly that creates usually compressed single file images for each
disk. But I do not know a product which would allow to search many of such
images in one pass. A two tier approach (text based firectory listing and
disk image) might be an acceptable compromise.
 
I'm looking for a program that will archive my floppy disks either to
the hard drive or a CD-RW Disk.
I'd like to be able to include all folders that are on each of the
original floppy disks.
Once my disks have been archived I'd like to be able to access any
file on the CD-RW.

Can someone suggest a program or method to do this?

Regards Brian
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It's not exactly what you want. http://www.winimage.com

If you need a file, winimage can extract it or the floppy image can be
written back to a floppy.

Stephen


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Brian said:
I'm looking for a program that will archive my floppy disks either to
the hard drive or a CD-RW Disk.
I'd like to be able to include all folders that are on each of the
original floppy disks.
Once my disks have been archived I'd like to be able to access any
file on the CD-RW.

Can someone suggest a program or method to do this?

Regards Brian
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What's your OS? The Windows xcopy command should do nicely. Copy all the
floppies to a disk directory and then burn the CD.
 
Stephen said:
It's not exactly what you want. http://www.winimage.com

If you need a file, winimage can extract it or the floppy image can be
written back to a floppy.

Stephen
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Thanks Stephen.
I don't want to have to write the image back to floppy disk.
Once I have copied it to CD I want to be able to access the files on
the CD.

Regards Brian
 
ahedge said:
What's your OS? The Windows xcopy command should do nicely. Copy all the
floppies to a disk directory and then burn the CD.
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Thanks ahedge.
Can Xcopy write long filenames ?

Regards Brian
 
peterfoxghost said:
You might think also about ability to recreate archived floppies (for
bootable floppies for example).
Unfortunatelly that creates usually compressed single file images for each
disk. But I do not know a product which would allow to search many of such
images in one pass. A two tier approach (text based firectory listing and
disk image) might be an acceptable compromise.
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Thanks Peterfoxhost, but I don't want images of floppy disks as I want
to be able to access the files on CD.

Regards Brian
 
A very simple way would be to open a DOS window and use XCOPY.
Assuming files on FDD A: you could say, for example:

XCOPY a:\*.* c:\floppy01\ /s

which will copy all files on the A: drive to the directory floppy01 on
your HDD (C:) and create any necessary subdirectories.

Or you could first create a directory such as FLOPPIES and then use:

XCOPY a:\*.* c:\FLOPPIES\floppy01\ /s

No doubt there are many more devious ways of doing this, including
using a command line compression program along with XCOPY in a batch
file. Options are endless.

Cheers, Phred.
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Thanks ppnerk, but can XCopy copy long filenames?
Is there a 32 bit version of XCopy?

Regards Brian
 
[email protected] (Phred) said:
Thanks ppnerk, but can XCopy copy long filenames?
Is there a 32 bit version of XCopy?
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I have a feeling I've already mentioned this. :-)
However, to state, or repeat: XXCOPY will do the job.
<http://www.xxcopy.com/>
Free for non-commercial use.
(The xxtb numbers below refer to xxcopy tech. bulletins.)

1. Summary of the XXCOPY Features

A Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP utility which runs in command line mode.
Comes with a 16-bit version (XXCOPY16).
(XXCOPY16.EXE copies files using the short (8.3 format) name only.)
Duplicates the entire system drive which can boot Win9x (xxtb #10).
Keeps the same short name (8.3) in the destination as in the source
(xxtb #03).
The source specifier accepts wildcards in directory names also (xxtb
#28).
Backs up directory incrementally without the use of archive bit. (xxtb
#06).
Synchronizes directories (xxtb #20).
Controls file attributes (keeps the source, destination attributes or
none).
Excludes directories or files from copying by wild cards(xxtb #05).
Handles a Cyclic Copy case much better than XCOPY (xxtb #07).
Qualifies files by file date/time (Before, On, or After) (xxtb #17).
Deletes files or directories using the same powerful selection
mechanism (xxtb #12).
Copies hidden/system files, and overwrites Read-only files.
Flattens a directory tree into files in one directory (xxtb #16).
... and many, many, intimidatingly more ... (over 200 command
switches)
Copies security information for NTFS volume archiving.
Supersedes Microsoft's ROBOCOPY (xxtb #30).
Works very much like XCOPY with the same command syntax.
Available in two flavors; Freeware and Pro Edition (see below).

2. XXCOPY Freeware and Pro Edition

XXCOPY Freeware is available for personal (non-commercial) use.
XXCOPY Freeware is primarily for stand-alone computers.
XXCOPY Freeware supports nearly all XXCOPY Pro features.
Some advanced features for networks are made available as
demonstration.
The Freeware download files are named xxcopy.zip, xxcopyfw.zip, or
xxfw2855.zip.

XXCOPY Pro is our flagship product for IT professionals.
XXCOPY Pro supports file transfers between networked computers.
XXCOPY Pro is ideal for automated backup with advanced features.
XXCOPY Pro is available for a 60-day trial for free without
obligation.
The Pro download files are named xxcopype.zip, or xxpe2855.zip.


Cheers, Phred.
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Brian said:
Thanks ppnerk, but can XCopy copy long filenames?
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In XP Pro it does. I use it to do simple backups of data to a network share
from the local disk. The "known problem" with xcopy is how it treats the
"map" between long and short names if you delete files. But if all you wish
is to keep a copy on CD /DVD then deletion is not a problem!
ted
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In XP Pro it does. I use it to do simple backups of data to a network share
from the local disk. The "known problem" with xcopy is how it treats the
"map" between long and short names if you delete files. But if all you wish
is to keep a copy on CD /DVD then deletion is not a problem!
ted
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Thanks Ted,
looks like XCopy is more useful than I thought it would be.
I think the last time I used it was when I had Windows 98.
Good to learn that I can save long filenames now that I'm using Win XP
Pro when using XCopy.

Regards Brian
 
Brian said:
Can Xcopy write long filenames ?
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Yes, if run at a command prompt under 32-bit windows. Entering
XCOPY at a command prompt inside Windows silently invokes XCOPY32 which
handles long filenames correctly. However, XCOPY in 16-bit DOS will lose
the long names of the copied files.
 
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