[PLUG] tool for reading raw sectors from diskette?
Steve Bonds
1s7k8uhcd001 at sneakemail.com
Sat Jan 8 00:39:24 UTC 2005
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:46:02 -0800, Don Buchholz wrote:
> Does anyone know of a tool which I can use to read raw sectors from
> a floppy diskette? I've got one which apparently got mangled (won't
> "dd if=/dev/fd0") and there's some stuff on there which is only
> backed up via hardcopy. I'd rather not re-enter the data.
I apologize for the vague references-- if nobody comes up with
something better I'll dig around for more specifics.
I used to use a free tool for DOS that would read a floppy to an
image, bypassing the BIOS for speed. One of its features was a
configurable number of error retries before giving up. On moderately
damaged floppies, setting this to a few hundred gave pretty reliable
reads. Eventually the floppy would be read in such a way that the
embedded ECC would correct the errors.
I can probably find the name of it given a 30-60 minute search through
my Ancient Software collection-- if nobody comes up with something
better. ;-)
-- Steve
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