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U1-04: Disk and Drive Utilities
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1553 Disk Copying Utilities Small Programs Disk
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AJUtil (AJUTIL2)
Jones, Alan
$?
is a set of utilities. Most of the utilities duplicate the functions of
utilities already in the library, but a couple of the are interesting. One is
DISKDUP that will do fast copying of all types of floppies - 360k, 1.2meg or
3.5" - by creating an image of the disk file on a hard disk and copying
repeatedly to the floppy. Another program, DISKEMU, lets the image on the
hard disk emulate a floppy disk drive that you can write to, delete from, etc,
before making the disk copies.
Copydisk (COPYDSK)
Harris, Gordon
$0
copies volume label, subdirectory structure and all files regardless of
attribute type from one disk medium to another. This is similar to DOS's Xcopy,
but we had to quit using DOS 4.01's Xcopy when it trashed some of our files, so
we are happy to find this utility. In addition, it goes Xcopy one better by
copying the volume label, hidden, system, and read-only files and
subdirectories. This would allow you to make a bootable 3.5" disk from a
bootable 5.25" disk, for example. Not only is this a free program, C source code
is included.
DM 1.22
Boler, Mark
$25
is a complete diskette mastering system for making small numbers of
copies of disks. It reads the master disk, including the boot sectors
and any subdirectories and their contents, into a disk-image file on
your hard disk and makes copies from that file. This is faster than
floppy-to-floppy copying, but many additional features are built in as
well.
DM is not intended for making even small numbers of multiple copies of
disks at one sitting. You must individually ask for each copy wanted. Other
programs in the library will let you specify the number that you want and
optionally will alternate between two drives to speed up copying.
A typical ideal application of DM would be for a user group to store its
library of disks in image files on a hard disk. DM will display an "inventory"
list of available disk images. It will format a floppy (without having to worry
about someone formatting the hard disk). It shows information about your
diskettes, has a head-cleaning routine built in, and lets you just copy files,
as well. Besides being faster than copying from a floppy, it lets you make
faster, easier disk copies on a machine with just one drive.
Disk Transfer 2.0 (DTRANS)
RolySoft
$0
is a freeware replacement for DOS' Diskcopy. It copies large disks in one
batch using EMS or harddisk as buffer, compares the disks, and formats the
target, even in non-standard format such as 1.2MB 3.5", or 360KB 3.5". The
program can also make multiple copies from a single master.
Dupe 1.23
Best Technology
$16
allows you to copy disks faster and easier then with DOS's DISKCOPY. It copies
an entire floppy disk, any size, in a single drive, while reading the original
only once. It will optionally format/copy only the part of a disk being used.
Fastcopy (FASTCOP)
Nech, Jim
$?
speeds up the making of multiple copies of a single disk by alternating drives
so that you can be changing disks in one drive while the other drive copies.
Naturally, you need enough free RAM to hold the contents of the disk in
memory.
Multcopy (MULTCOP)
makes multiple disk copies from a single disk read. This saves a lot of
time over DISKCOPY which must re-read the source for each copy made. On the
Disk Drive Utilities disk, we already have a program named Fastcopy that will
make multiple copies and does it faster, but it is also a little more cranky,
in that it will not copy single-sided disks and it rejects any marginal disks.
Qcopy 1.0
Ellis, Duane
$0
helps you to make multiple copies of a disk by reading the source disk once and
keeping it in memory. It will copy to just one drive or it will alternate on two
drives.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1553
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2673 Disk Copying Utils #2 Small Programs Disk
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Diskette Image to File Utility 2.51 (DIFU)
VitCom Software Research and Development
$25
lets you copy disks by creating an exact image of a diskette on your hard disk.
Features include PKZIP (#1705) support for image file compression, target disk
testing, and more. Disk sizes through 1.44 meg are supported.
DUP 5.9
Maclean, R. ASP
$25
is a disk duplication utility intended for use by small firms for the creation
of distribution disks for their software. Options include format during
write, verify write, increment serial numbers during write, read the master
disk into an image file for faster copying, data compression to disk storage,
multi-disk sequential duplication, an autoloader control, IOCTL support for all
operations on 1.2M and 1.44M disks, and a RAM buffer for 360k disk writes.
Multiple Disk Compare Service 2.0 (MDC)
Burton, Michael ASP
$0
lets you compare multiple disk copies to a master copy.
OnePass
Blanco, M.
$0
is a disk copying utility that will make multiple copies with one reading. It
will use expanded memory if necessary (and if available); otherwise, it can use
a hard disk for temporary storage. It performs a 32-bit CRC integrity check. We
have similar utilities already in PsL, but this one has the advantage of no
shareware fee. C and Assembler source code is included.
PolyCopy 3.0 (POLY30) 11-94 CD
Albanese, Joseph, M.
$24
is an easy to use program for making one or more copies of a disk (or
disks) with a single pass of the original, regardless of disk density.
The program automatically uses hard disk space when copying a disk whose
data cannot all fit in DOS RAM. It features automatic configuration,
automatic format, multiple copies from one read, and support for 360k,
1.2meg, 720k and 1.44meg floppies. It will also copy bootable disks
which normally require a DISKCOPY, and provides support for XMS memory.
Requires DOS 3.O or higher, about 200K of free RAM, and a hard disk or
RAM disk.
SCopy 1.03 (SCOPYDR)
Risack, David
$20
allows you to make backup copies of many copy-protected disks.
Transfer Volume Label 1.0 (TXFRVOL)
Micro System Solutions
$0
copies the volume label from one drive to another. This would be most useful in
batch files when copying from one disk format to another, since DISKCOPY cannot
be used and COPY/XCOPY do not transfer the volume label.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2673
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12648 Disk Copying Utilities #3 Small Programs Disk
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CopyBoot 1.0 (COPYBOO)
Gregg, Whit
$?
will allow you to transfer a bootable disk from any one floppy disk to any
other. This is useful in cases where a DISKCOPY cannot be used, such as
copying the OS/2 Install Disk from 3.5" to 5.25" disk or to send a bootable
disk over a modem. C source included.
DF 3.52
Vitt, Mark
$20
[FEB. 1994 CD]
creates an image of a floppy on your hard disk for production
copying. Also see the next program, Extract.
Extract 2.0
Vollant, Gilles
$20
[March 1994 CD]
extracts a file from floppy disk images created on hard disk by
WinImage, DCF, DF, Sabdu, etc. These programs create floppy disk image
files for faster disk duplication, but the contents of image files
cannot be accessed normally.
ImageCopy 2.1 (ICPY21)
Ragan, Patrick M.
$0
copies diskette images to hard disk where they can be stored and copied to
floppies in any quantity.
Polycopy (POLYCOP)
Pirard, Andre
$?
is a high-speed, bulk-copying utility. It can whip out multiple copies of a
disk at the rate of 48 seconds each by reading the source disk once and
alternating the writing between drives A: and B:. Polycopy works only on
highly PC-Compatible machines. For example, it would not run o