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- From: bjorn.myrland@sipaa.sintef.no (Bjorn Myrland)
- Subject: How to read 720kB 5.25" floppies
- Message-ID: <bjorn.myrland.131.721502632@sipaa.sintef.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: SINTEF
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:23:52 GMT
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- A colleague of mine found some old 5.25" DD floppy disks recently
- containing some files that she needs. However, the floppies turned out to be
- formatted to 720kB, most likely on one of our long gone Olivetti PCs. None
- of our current PCs are able to reads this format, and Norton Utilities did
- not help much either. Can someone give me a clue here? Is it only a matter
- of loading the proper boot sector information onto the disk, or could I use
- DRIVER.SYS in any way? Any handy utilities out there?
- All suggestions welcome!
-
- Bjorn.
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