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Best way to archive old 3.5" floppies to CD?

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prc1

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Jan 7, 2007, 2:51:08 PM1/7/07
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I have a fair number of Amiga programs on 3.5" floppy, including the
Kickstart and WB floppies. I know that disks will degrade over time
and end up unusable. I'd like a way to make archival, bit-for-bit
copies (including protection) so they could be saved off to CD-R and
allow recreation of the floppies later.

Is there a program/method for doing this, if so, what/how?
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t.wilkins-nospam-atgmail.com

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Jan 8, 2007, 4:00:05 AM1/8/07
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I don't remember the exact command line now, been many years since I
last did it, but diskmasher (DMS) should be able to do it.

This web page might be useful:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/madjock.m/Transferring.htm

Yvan

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Jan 10, 2007, 7:43:36 AM1/10/07
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Think it was something like dsm read (and then the name of the ADF).


Stefan

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Jan 18, 2007, 7:08:50 PM1/18/07
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> I have a fair number of Amiga programs on 3.5" floppy, including the
> Kickstart and WB floppies. I know that disks will degrade over time
> and end up unusable. I'd like a way to make archival, bit-for-bit
> copies (including protection) so they could be saved off to CD-R and
> allow recreation of the floppies later.

I don't know, what hardware you have available.

My suggestion:

1. tracktool read <filename.adf> dfx:
2. repeat step 1 as long as you have more disks to backup.
3. burn all adfs onto CD (you can pack them with your favourite prog.
before, e.g. lha or zip)

If you have no CD-RW drive on Amiga, transfer over LAN to another
machine and burn it there.
If you have a plain A500 install a boot disk with MSH (messy file
system) , use dms or xdms and write it to a MSDOS formatted (720 k)
disk: copy <filename.dms> pc0:
You can read this disk from PC then.
If you have Catweasel (www.ami.ga) for PC you can read your Amiga disks
directly.

Heavy protected disks can not be read with tracktool or dms. Try to find
an other version of the game that has been converted to AmigaDos format
(e.g. a cracked version).

Else you have to make a real disk backup of those disks e.g. with
X-Copy.

> Is there a program/method for doing this, if so, what/how?

The progs tracktool, msh, dms, xdms, lha and zip can be found on aminet:
www.aminet.net

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Replys should be sent to the newsgroup. So others can read them too. :-)

Regards,
Stefan

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