Floppy in 1.0 format

[hoym8]

My company introduce a P2 machine from NEC ten years ago to handling data sorting. The system frequently load data into floppy disk for retrieval by our other branches . However, we discover that all the floppy are created in 1.0 Mb format instead of 1.44 and , they are not readable by any other computer at home .

Can anyone help to introduce any software so that we can convert them into 1.44 format ?

 

[Zepper]

There is a DOS program called CopyQM that should be able to copy any diskette.
.bh.

 

[hoym8]

Thanks a lot !

But where can I get the application ?

 

[Zepper]

Just google on- copyqm -and you should find a place to download. If not, PM me with your email address and I'll attach it to an email. It's not very big.
.bh.

 

[LTC8K6]

1MB is the size of the old 720K floppies before formatting isn't it? 2MB for the 1.44MB floppy?

If so, any PC floppy drive should still read them.

 

[hoym8]

Zepper

thanks for your help.

Please email the program to the undermentioned address : -

hoym8@netscape.net

 

[bendixG15]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
1MB is the size of the old 720K floppies before formatting isn't it? 2MB for the 1.44MB floppy?

If so, any PC floppy drive should still read them.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm pretty sure that "WinImage" supports reading "odd" formats, as long as your drive will.

 

[Klixxer]

Another choice would be to dd the information to a new disk using a linux software cd.