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Diskette to File Utility Short Manual
Source File or Destination File must contain a Drive specifier. Options may
be preceded by / or - .
NOTE: (*) indicates switch is only valid if Make or Restore (R or I) are
invoked from the command line.
Make an Image of a Diskette
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Usage: DF I <Source Diskette> <Destination File> options...
The following will create an Image of the diskette in Drive A: and place
it in the root directory file called DISKIMGE.A
DF I A: C:\DISKIMGE.A
Options available:
-G Make best attempt to recover any data on damaged areas of diskette.
Will recover all physically damaged areas of diskette, including
ones marked bad by DOS. Running a resurface utility on a restored
diskette will recover areas marked bad by DOS. This option is only
available when making an Image. (Processing is slower than normal
mode but litte data is lost)
-Z Automatically ZIP/UNZIP Image File. PKZIP will automatically be
run after Make Image, and ZIP the Image file.
Restore an Image of a Diskette
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Usage: DF R <Source File> <Destination Diskette> options...
The following will restore the Image stored in the file DISKIMGE.A and
place it on the diskette in Drive A:
DF R C:\DISKIMGE.A A:
Options available:
-D Double Check Restore Disk Format. Allows for some diskette sizes
to be restored to a different larger diskette size. For example,
you can restore a 360K Image to a 1.2MB Diskette with the Diskettes
passing a DOS DISKCOMP test. (Note: The 1.2M diskette still must be
used in a 1.2MB drive)
-F Force Format. Format diskette whether DF determines it needs it or
not.(*)
-V Verify Data. Verifies data written to diskette is the same as the
data memory.(*)
-Z Automatically ZIP/UNZIP Image File. PKUNZIP will automatically be
run before Restore Image, and UNZIP the Image file.
NOTE: Attempting to restore a larger disk image to a smaller
diskette may cause your controller to think a diskette
drive is a different size than it actually is. If this
occurs, reboot your computer to correct the problem.
Options available to Make and Restore Image
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-0 No ZIP/UNZIP Prompts. Do not prompt for compression
-1 Change DF's default compression programs.
-3 Set DF to Best Mode. This is options -0 and -G and an
internal fast mode.
-M Force MONO Mode. Force DF into Monochrome Screen Display mode.
Use this switch if you cannot see anything when DF is run and
you have a Monochrome Video Adapter.
-C Force CGA/EGA/VGA Mode. Force DF into Color Screen Display mode.
Use this switch if you cannot see anything when DF is run and
you have a CGA/EGA/VGA type Video Adapter.
-N Do not prompt user for anything except when an error occurs.(*)
-W Black and White Mode. Use this switch if you prefer a Black and
screen display.
-Z Automatically ZIP/UNZIP Image File.
(Note there isn't a -2 option listed, option -2 will delete an
Image file after a compression or restore is performed. -2 has
not been tested and is NOT supported)