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Rawriteandrelated(floppy)diskimagingprograms.
Information:
ThisdirectorycontainsthevariousRaWrite(orsimilar)programsIhavefound.
Rawriteandsimilarare"diskimaging"programs.Thispageisprimarilyforfloppydisketteimagemanipulationprograms,
howeverIwillalsoincludeotherimagingprograms(suchasforharddrives)asIfindthemorpeopleletmeknowofthem.
Mygoalistomaintainacomprehensivelisting,oratleastathoroughenoughonethatpeoplecanfindtherightprogramfor
theirneeds.SeealsoWikilearn'sRawritesection.Thisdoesnotincludeallpossibleversions(asIhaveseennewerbinary
releasesofrawritethananyofthesesourcesforrawrite.c)whenpossiblesourcesarealsohere.
Adiskimageisafilewhichcontainsthefullcontentsofthespecifieddiskinasinglefilethecontentsaregenerallyreadas
rawsectorssoalldataincludingpartitioninformation(FAT),bootsector,alongwithactualdirectoryentriesandfilesare
copiedtotheimage.Animagefileisspecifictoaparticularformat,soa1.44MBimageshouldbewrittentoa1.44MB
floppydisketteand1.2MBimageshouldbewrittentoa1.2MBfloppydiskette.However,someprogramsmaysupportcross
diskettewriting(i.e.1.2MBdiskimagetoa1.4MBdiskdrive)andharddriveimagescanoften(thoughreallydependson
whattheusedprogramsupports)bewrittentoharddrivesofthesameorlargersize[possiblyadjustingdatatoresize
partitionandtakeadvantageofadditionalsize].Adiskimageisdifferentfromanarchive[zip/arj/etc.]asitcontainsa
snapshot(orimage)ofthecontentsanddoesnotdifferentiatebetweenOSdata(FAT/etc.)anduserdata(particular
files/directories/etc.)whicharenotgenerallyaccessibleuntilwrittenbacktoadiskandusedifferentmeanstoaccessthe
databypassingtheOS'sfilesystemlayeralsoadiskimagewillgenerallyproduceidenticaldiskcopies,whereasarchives
generallyareequivalenttocopyingthefilestoanewdiskette.Seehttp://www.rundegren.com/software/floppyimage/faq/for
additionalinformationaboutdiskimages.
Thispagebeingreviewedandupdated,linkstolocalcopiesmaynotworkyet.Pleasefeelfreetosendme
(jeremyd@computer.org)additionalinformationaboutincludeditems,informationaboutnotyetincludeditems,orany
suggestionsorcorrections.Besuretoinclude'rawrite'somewhereinyoursubjectlineorIwillneverseeyourmessage.
[Note:Imakenoclaimovertheusabilityorcompilabilityofanyprogramlistedhere.SomeIhaveItried,nonehaveI
compiled.]
Please,ifyoufindanycontentherethatshouldnotbeavailableoryou(copyrightholder)wishtoberemoved,sendmean
emailincludingrawriteinsubject[togetpassmyemailfilters]soImayremoveitassoonasfeasible!Becausesitescome
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http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/
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andgo,andIdonothavethetimenordesiretoconstantlychecklinks,mostarchivesarealsoavailablefromhereplease
trythehomesitefirst,asimportantupdatesmaybeavailable.Thankyou,andassomeprogramsdonothaveaclearlicense
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statement,Iapologizeinadvancetoanycopyrightownerswhodonotwanttheirmaterialavailablehere.

BasicUsage(Rawrite):
Dependingontheexactversion,theoutputandcommandlinesupportmayvary,i.e.notwork
Usage:

MSDOSprompt>RAWRITE

andfollowtheprompts,or

MSDOSprompt>RAWRITE[f<file>][d<drive>][n(owait)][h(elp)]

where: f<file>nameofdiskimagefile

d<drive>diskettedrivetouse,mustbeAorB

ndon'tpromptforusertoinsertdiskette

hprintusageinformationtostdout

Thediskettemustbeformattedorrawritewillnotwork.
Thecontentsofthediskdonotmatterandwillbeoverwritten.
Whenraninteractively(withoutcommandlineoptions)youwillbepromptedforthediskimagefilename(youmust
rememberthisasthereisnofilechooser).Youwillalsobepromptedforthetarget/destinationdrive,eitherAorBforA:or
B:respectively.

BasicUsage(FDImage):
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fdimageisanupdatedDOSprogrammeanttoreplacerawrite.Itdoesnotrequireapreformattedfloppydiskette.
FDIMAGEWritediskimagetofloppydisk
Version1.5Copyright(c)19967RobertNordier
Usage:fdimage[dqsv][fsize][rcount]filedrive
dDebugmode
fsizeSpecifythefloppydiskformatbycapacity,eg:
160K,180K,320K,360K,720K,1.2M,1.44M,2.88M
qQuickmode:don'tformatthedisk
rcountRetrycountforformat/writeoperations
sSinglesectorI/O
vVerbose

Commonextensions:
Belowarecommonextensionsassociatedwithdiskimagefiles.Whilethereisnostrictrule,generallyuncompressed,full
length,rawdisketteimagefilesarenotedasrawritecompatible[RW]andcanbeusedbyallprogramsthatmanipulatedisk
images.However,someprogramsmaybelimitedto1.44MBorothersizeimages.Variousprogramssupportmodified
imagefilestoreducethesizeoftheimage,includingcompression(zip,gzip,rle,...)andtruncationofunused(blank)
portions.
PCcompatiblefloppyimagefiles:
BIN[RW]abinaryfile,contextshouldindicateifanimagefile
CFICompressedFloppyImage,definedandusedbyDOSbasedFDCOPYseeCFIspecfromLibDsk
DAT[RW]abinarydatafile,contextshouldindicateifanimagefile
DCFDiskCopyFastimagefile
DDIDiskDupefiles,forfileextractionunddi104.zip(GPL)http://www.ii.pw.edu.pl/~borkowsm/unddi.htm
DMFarawimage,butforaspeciallyformattedsize(1.68MBor1.72MB)
DSK[RW]maybearawimage,mayalsobeotherincompatibledisk[ette]imageformat
FDD[RW]floppydiskimage
FLP[RW]arawfloppydisketteimagefile
FS[RW]FileSystemimage(forNetBSD),also.fs.gzwhengzipcompressed
.gzagzipcompressed[image]fileusablebymemdisk
IMG[RW]usuallyarawdisk[ette]imagefile
IMA[RW]arawdiskimagefile
IMZaZipcompatiblecompressedimagefiledirectlyusablebywinimageOrabzip2compressedwhenusing
FloppyImage.
VFD[RW]VirtualFloppyDisk,arawdisketteimagenativetoVmWare,alsousedbyvfd(VirtualFloppyDriverfor
Win32)
XDFeXtendedDensityFormatbyRogerIvey
Otherfloppyimagefiles:
DMKTRS80disketteimage,seehttp://discovernet.net/~dmkeil/trs80/trstech.htm#TechnicalDMKdisksforthe
DMKspecification
DQKCPCEMUDSKimagefilecompressedwithRichardGreenlaw'sSqueeze(SQorNSWP)
FDIfloppydiskimage,inparticularFDIformatcreatedbyVincent"ApH"Joguin,seefdi2raw.zip
Otherdisk(notfloppy)imagefiles:
ISOanISO9660compatibleCDROMimagefile,moregenerallyanyCDROMimagefile
PQIaPowerQuest(nowSymantec)Imagefile

Recommended:
DskImage:OSPlusDiskImager(read&writeimages)forDOSorifyourunWin32thenRawWriteWinisgreat.FreeDOS
diskcopyisalsoagoodalternative.

DiskImageLibraries
LibDsk(GPL,source)"alibraryforaccessingdiscsanddiscimagefiles"supportingmanyoperatingsystems,
includingDOS,Windows(Win16andWin32),andLinux,supportsvariousimageformats(includingrawrite
compatibleones),http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Unix/LibDsk/
Winimage(seecommercialsectionbelow)alsoprovidesaSDKformanipulatingdiskimagesonWindows
dmklib(GPL,source)"alibrarytomanipulateDMKdiskimagefiles",http://dmklib.brouhaha.com/
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ForDOS:
rawrite(rawrite.c)isjusthereforcompleteness,asitmaybeneededforsomeone.(documentationrawrite.doc)
rawrite2(rawrite2.c)shouldbethefastest(documentationrawrite2.doc)
rawrite3(rawrite3.c)shouldworkifrawrite2failsforsomereason(documentationrawrite3.doc)
fdimageWritediskimagetofloppydisk(includedwithFreeBSDtosupercederawrite)
Rawritemirrors:
Tux.orghttp://www.tux.org/pub/dos/rawrite/
'ArchivingFloppyDisksUsingImages'http://sharkysoft.com/tutorials/linuxtips/floppyimages/(rawrite2)
Redhat's'UsingtherawriteUtility'http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL7.1Manual/alphainstall
guide/s1makedisketterawrite.html
dskcpy(source)FreeDOSdiskcopywithsupportforreading/writingdiskimages[rawwritecompatibleorminsize]
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pcstuff/freedos/files/dos/diskcopy/(DRDOSdiskcopyalsosupportsimagefiles)
DskImage(GPL,source)hasaniceTUI(windowedtextuserinterfacewithstatus)[readorwritediskimages]
http://www.osplus.co.uk/
fdvol(fdvol.c)seemslikeagoodalternativetorawrite,foundathttp://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/CDROM2.0/
WImageTP6sourceWriteDiskettetofile/ReadDiskettefromfileVer1.21,partofFDFormat(forformating
1.68MBfloppiesunderDOS)fromSimtel,assumelicensematchesFDFormatfreeforpersonalandeducationuse
andcanredistributemodifiedversionsassumingproperlydocumentedassuch
xdisk(freeforpersonaluseonly)Exampleprogram(dosutil\Xdisk.c)byDaveDunfieldforMicroC/PC(see
http://www.dunfield.comtoobtain)
di(nosource)DiskImagerv1.1CopyrightPortJacksonComputing,286+,FreeWare,1.44MBfloppiesonly,can
createSelFeXtracting(EXE)Imagefiles,reads/writes
Extract(nosource)freewarecmdlinediskimagefileextractor/createrfromtheauthorofWinImage(seecommercial
sectionbelow)forDOS/Win32http://www.winimage.com/extract.htm
firm(nosource)obtainfrommsdos/Simtel/diskutil,v2.31,"asimpletouseDOSFloppyimagereader/maker"
Image(v1.1,nosource)http://www.dpaehl.de.cxorhttp://dpaehl.notrix.de,copyrightbyDirkPaehlDeutschland,
freeware,createsimagesfromdiskdrivesforuseonbootableCDs.
teledisk(nosource)shareware
wrtdsk(nosource)carewareimagewritingprogam,foundathttp://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/dosutil/
(nosource)seehttp://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fdimage.zipfora"collectionofFreeand/orPublicDomain
FloppydisketteImaging/CatalogsystemutilitiesforBootand/orDatadiskettes"...
sfx144isaselfextractorstubfordiskimagestomakethemselfwriting(norawriteneeded)
rareadcomplimenttorawrite,thiscanbeusedtocreatediskimagesforusewithrawrite
Alsohavealookathttp://sacftp.externet.hu/intheutildisksectionasthereseemstobeseveraldiskimagerelated
utilities(especiallyinthe'D's),notsureabouttheirlicenseinfo.
others(mentionedinwinimagedocs,infowelcome):
CopyVitfromSebastienChatard
SuperDiskCopyfromSuperSoftware
DiskRWfromK.Hartnegg

ForWindows:
BootsetbasedonNTRawrite,usessetfiletospecifyimagestowrite[orread]socaneasilycreatebootdiskettesets,
sourceincludedhttp://www.objectdesigngroup.com/bootset/
imgtool(GPL,source)graphicalfrontendforrawrite(rawriteexeincluded)originallyfoundat
http://www.nextgeneration.dk/software/imgtool.shtml
NTRawritewrittenasreplacementforrawrite3forNT(commandline)http://ntrawrite.sourceforge.net/
Rawrite32(rawr32src.NetBSD.zip)TheNetBSDdiskimagewritingtoolversion1.0.1.3GetfromaNetBSDmirror,
ftp://ftp.###.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/rawrite32/
rawritentshouldworkunderNT(commandline)
rawwritewinhasaniceGUIinterfaceandshouldworkwithNT4/NT5/NTXP/9x/Me
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm(recommendedforWin32users).Alsoavailablehereisddfor
Windows.
CompaqDisketteImageUtility(v1.00,nosource)http://h18013.www1.hp.com/manage/remotelightsout
newvirtdrive.htmlorftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp1050111000/sp10777.exe,freebutintendedforusewith
Compaq's'RemoteInsightLightsOutEdition,licenseonlypermitslocalredistributionforWindows
95/98/NT4/2000"ThisutilitycanbeusedforcreatingdisketteimagefilesforusingwiththeVirtualFloppyDrive
featureoftheRemoteInsightLightsOutEdition."
DiskWrite(v1.02selfextractingzip)supports360KBthrough2.88MBimages,MD5checksumforimagevalidation
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(GPL,source)http://www.disoriented.com/diskwrite/
DImage(v1.0.2,nosource),http://members.evolt.org/deadL0ck/dimageustxt.htmlfreeforpersonaluse(andsmall
businesses,lessthan10employees),MSDOS4.0+orWin9X/NT/2000,"Thisprogramisintendedtomakebackup
copiesoffloppiestofilesandmakesitpossibletocreatefloppiesfromsuchfiles.Thismakesitpossibletoputalotof
diskettesonaCDetc.ortouploadadiskettetotheweb.Theprogramreadsthefloppysectorbysectorsotheboot
sectorwillalsobecopied.Thoughtithavenotbeentestetitshouldalsobepossibletomakebackupsofsmallhard
drivestoo."
EMT(nosource)[ARDI,EMT4Win,EMT4PM,supersedesDSK4WinandDSK4PM],freebutnotsharewarenor
freewaremaybeusedfreelybutmayonlybeobtainedfromauthor.http://dvalot.free.fr/emtcopy.htmVarioustext
versionssupportDOS,Windows,OS/2,andLinux.GUIversionsforWindowsandOS/2.
FloppyImageCreator(Freewarev1.4.1,nosource)http://www.geocities.com/johnno_ann/,Windows95/98/Me/NT
(2000/XPuntested),"Thisprogramallowsyoutomakeanexactimageofafloppydiskandsaveittoafile,andof
courserestoretheimagetodiskwheneverrequired.Itisespeciallyusefulformakingbackupsofsystemand/orboot
disks.Itwillhandleallthestandardformatfloppys(IE:360Kb5.25",720Mb3.5",1.2Mb5.25"and1.44Mb3.5").
Youalsohavetheoptionofincludingadescriptionofthediskwiththeimage."
mfmt(source)MSWindowsPSDKsample,NTonly,http://www.microsoft.com
diskwriter(nosource)asmallutilitytowritediskimagefilestoafloppydiskhttp://www.daansystems.com(Under
Freestuff)
NBLDiskDuplicator(nosource)Classicv1.2,FreeWareVersion[license:NBLlic12.txt]
http://www.northbeachlabs.com/Seealsocurrentcommercialversionbelow.
VirtualFloppyImageConverter(nosource)(Japanese)http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/util/se151106.html,see
specificallyhttp://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/win95/util/se151106.html(vf011010.zip)freeforpersonal(nonbusiness),
Windows95/98/NT4/2000,Primarypurposeisto"changevariousdiskimagesintothevariousforms."Hasaplugin
architecturetosupportvariousdiskimageformats.
Note:alltheprogramslistedunderDOSsectionmayalsowork[egrawrite3hasworkedformeunderNT4/9x].

Unix(andBeOS,QNX?)systems:
Usedd,whichshouldbeprovidedwithyourdistribution.manddforusagehelp.(FreeBSD(www.freebsd.org)ddsources
included)
ddif=image.flpof=/dev/fd0

ifspecifiesinputfileandofspecifiesoutputfile
where/dev/fd0isthefirstfloppydrive(sameasA:)oryoumaywishtouse/dev/fd1forthesecondfloppydrive(sameas
B:),thoughactualdevicenamesmayvarywiththeparticularUnixSystemorotherPosixcompatibleOSandimage.flpis
thefilenameoftherawimagefile.
Otheroptionstoddmayindicatesectorsizeandcountofsectorssizedchunkstoread/write.

OS/2:
rawrite(nosource)nativeOS/2rawriteandrareadbinaries(alsoincludesaDOSvariantthatcanbeusedunderDOS,
Windows,andOS/2),http://www.tavi.co.uk/os2pages/rawrite.html
loaddf(nosource)SaveDskF.exeandLoadDskF.execanreadorwrite(respectively)imagestofloppies,
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/loaddf.zipcopyrightedIBM,YOUMUSTAGREETOincluded
LICENSE.TXTbefore1stuse
pmdcopy(nosource)http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/pmdcopy.zipcopyrightJ.R.Shannon20/5/93

Apple(AppleII,MacOS,OSX):
http://www.zip.com.au/~alexm/faq/create.html
Someonewhoknowsofanypleaseletmeknow!Thanks.jeremyd@computer.org

Atari:
file2dskwritesimagestodiskforAtariTOS(source,doc,executable)

Commercial:
(Trialversions,whenavailable,canbefoundintrial\subdirectory)
Pleaseseecontentsofthesearchivesfortheirusage(licenseinformation)andabidebythem.
DF(DiskImageFileUtility)dosdf.zip
fromMarkVitt(shareware,nosource),DOS,originalsiteunknown
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DiskCopyFastv5.3DCF53.ZIP
DiskCopyProistheprofessionalversionofDiskCopyFast
seehttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dcf_hdcp/dcf.htm(Shareware,noncommercial$20,commercial$40
US,notsureifregistrationaddress/pricesstillcorrect)
Siteseemsnolongeravailable,searchfor"diskcopyfast"tofindortryhttp://www.filelibrary.com/intheDOSDisk
Utilities.
DOSprogram.Powerful1passdisketteduplicationutility.VERYfast.SupportDMF,XDF,selectedFDFORMAT,
800KB,MACHDandstandardformats.SupportPS/2.CommandlineormenudrivenHotkeysforbackupor
multipletargetMousesupportFormatdiskcopydiskcompallin1passUseextendedmemoryImagefileOnline
help
DiskDupe
seehttp://www.msd1.com/floppy/ddinfo.htm[CopyPro,Inc.](Liteversion$29,Standard$79,Pro$179,AutoPro
$429US)
seealsohttp://hallogram.com/diskdupe/[HALLoGRAMPublishing](DiskDupePro$179US)
DOSandWindows9x(doesnotworkunderNT)
Thehomesiteseemsdefunct,lastItriedin2002itstrialdownloadformhaderrors,andnowin2004thesiteseems
gone.
Toget5.1trialversion,searchforDSKDUP51.ZIPforDOSversionorsearchforddwt5139.zipforWindows3.1/9x
version.
EZDiskCopyProv3.30g(DOS)ezcpypro.zipandWinDisKlonev98A(Win16)wdsklone.zip
seehttp://www.ezx.com/ezcp.htm(availableforpurchasebutunsupported,singleuseredition$99.99US)
seehttp://www.ezx.com/wdk.htm(availableforpurchasebutunsupported,singleuseredition$49.99US)
EZDiskCopyPRO:HighSpeedProfessionalDisketteDuplicatorforDOSandWindows(DOSCompatibilityMode).
WinDisKlone:Onepassdiskcopy"machine"forWindows95&3.1x(16bit).
FloppyImagebyAndersRundegrenv2.2.5FloppyImage.zip
seehttp://www.rundegren.com/software/floppyimage/(exesetupalsoavailable),$15Personal,$35business(v1.5.2
freeware,seehttp://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/floppyimage.html)
SupportsWindows98/MeandWindowsNT4/2000/XP(nosource)
"Createimagefilesoffloppydisksandback(forbackup,storageortransfer).Savetheimagefilecompressed,
uncompressedorasaselfextractingexe.Adddescriptionstoorconvertyouroldimagefiles.Theselfextractingexe
canbefullycustomizedwithapicture,licenseagreementdialogandatextwithinstructions.Fullsupportfordragn
drop."Seeincludeddocumentationformoredetails,includinglicenseinformation.
GRDuw
seehttp://www.grsoftware.net/disk/software/grduw.html(personallicense$39US)
Windows(95,98,Me)diskimagesoftware
Sharewareversioncurrentlyunavailablefordownload.
NBLDiskDuplicatorv1.9
seehttp://www.northbeachlabs.com/(electronicupgrade$9.95full$24.95,retailupgrade$14.95full$34.95US)
Windowsprogramforreading/writing(duplicating)disks
Note:v1.2classicversionisalsoavailableforfree,seeaboveWindowssection
SABDisketteUtilityv2.92sabdu292.zip
seehttp://www.saberman.com/SABDU/index.htmshareware($20homeuse,+$7.50fordiskette,$30businesssinge
cpu)
SabdubyStewartA.Berman,AssociationofSharewareProfessionals(ASP)member
Windows3.x,Format/copy/compare/savefloppydisketteimagesinforegroundorbackground.Convertdiskette
imageformatswhilepreservingbootandreservesectors.
Undiskerundisker11.exe
seehttp://www.undisker.com($29US)
Win32withsupportforfloppydiskimagesalongwithISOandharddriveimages
WinImage6.0winima60.exeselfextractingzipfile(recommended)
seehttp://www.winimage.com(standardversioncurrently$30US)
WinImageforWin32withmanynicefeaturesincludingsupportforcompressedimagesandevenabilitytoextract
individualfilesfromimages
XWaysReplica(DOS)andWinHex(Windows)
seehttp://www.winhex.com/replica.html
Diskcloninganddiskimaging.XWaysReplicaisonlyavailableaspartofEvidorortoownersofWinHexSpecialist
license.
GemulatorExplorergemxplor.zip
seehttp://www.emulators.com/explorer.htm(free)
Win32utilitythatallowsreadingofAtariStandMacdisks,alsosupportsreadingandwritingofdiskimages.
RequiresASPIdriverstoaccessSCSIandCDROMdrives.
ShrinkWrap
seehttp://www.aladdinsys.com/shrinkwrap/features.html($30US)
AppleOS7.1.1orhigher
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Accessingimagesasvirtualfilesystems
Usefulforcreatingormodifyingdiskimages,orsimplytoaccessthecontentswithoutwritingthemtoadisk
VFD(GPL,source)Win32VirtualFloppyDriver,http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/index.html#top
Fakedisk(GPL,sourceincluded)Diskimagefileemulator,supportsmountingdiskimages(dsk,ddi,andxdf)under
DOS,foundathttp://sacftp.externet.hu/utildisk7.html
DFIFS(shareware,nosource)DOSutilitytomountimagesasdrives(seeDFaboveincommercialsection)
DaemonToolshttp://www.daemontools.cc/,anexcellentprogramformountingISOimagesonWin32,freewarefor
Personaluseelseonemustregister.
SHSUCDXhttp://www.shsu.edu/~csc_jhm/includesaTSRtomountISOimageswithinDOS,freewithsource(also
availableaspartofFreeDOS)

PartitionImagers:
PartitionSaving2.40(savepart.zip)DOS
seehttp://perso.clubinternet.fr/guiboure/en/index_frame.html(free,nosource)
Requiresa386+,4+MBRAM,DOS(>=3.3)bootdiskwithabilitytowritetoanotherlocationforsavingthepartition
data.
GNUParted(parted1.6.3.tar.gz)Linux
seehttp://www.gnu.org/software/parted/(freewithsourceunderGNUGPLv2)
RequiresLinux2.0orhigher(usingGNUlibc2.1orhigher)withlibuuid,andforsomeoptionalportionsGNU
Readline,GNUgettext,andlibreisefs
generallyshouldbecompiledforyoursystemand/orplacedonabootdiskthatsupportsyourhardware
(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk/partboot.img)
PartitionImage(partimage0.6.1.tar.bz2)Linux/Unix,availableonbootdiskandbootableCD
seehttp://www.partimage.org/index.php3(freewithsourceunderGNUGPLv2)
andfordownloadingfilesseehttp://www.partimage.org/download.php3
"...savespartitionsinmanyformatstoanimagefile.TheimagefilecanbecompressedintheGZIP/BZIP2formatsto
savediskspace,andsplitintomultiplefilestobecopiedonremovablefloppies(ZIPforexample),..."
SupportedfilesystemsincludeFAT16/32,HPFS,ReiserFS,ext2fs/ext3fs,NTFS,JFS,XFS,HFS,UFS
Onlycopiesdatafromusedportionsofthepartition(unlikedd)
PowerQuestDriveImage2002(trialversionavailableontheirsite)Win32/DOS
seehttp://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/(singlePClicense$69.95US,enterprisesolutionsalsoavailable)
Supports*WindowsNTXP/2000/4,95/98/Me,andDOS
(*olderversionsranfromDOSbootdiskswithWindowslikeGUI,currentversionscanalsohandlenonsystem
partitionsdirectlyinWindows)
seealsotheirPartitionMagicproductforresizing/creating/etcpartitions

Others:
IfyourPlatformisnotlistedhere,thenfeelfreetosendmesomeemailwithinformationaboutrawritetypeprograms(that
arefreetouse&distribute)formetoaddhere.Alsopleaseletmeknowifyouknowofothersorhaveanyadditional
informationtoaddtothisdocument.Iwillalsoincludeinformationoncommercialprogramsandtrialversionsifavailable.
Thankyou.
JeremyDavis
jeremyd@computer.org
(Thisdocumentispublicdomain,thereferencedprogramsareNOT.)
http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/
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UnlessotherwiseindicatedALLPROGRAMShereareprovidedwithoutwarrantyandItakenoresponsibilityfor
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