copying protected floppies

[2ndsign]

this may seem like a stupid question but i ran across some old floppies of mine(dos) that are copy protected and i would like to know how to make backups of them.

anyone know how to do this?:D

thx n advance:p

[camelrider]

If the floppies don't have the little plastic slider to close the hole in the upper right-hand corner, you can use a pice of opaque (sp?) tape over it.

[sploo22]

That little hole is for write-protection, not copy-protection.

Try this:

dd bs=1440k count=1 < /dev/fd0 > diskimage

Take out the original and insert a blank disk, and then:

dd bs=1440k count=1 < diskimage > /dev/fd0

[camelrider]

I stand corrected. It's been one of those days..

[AussieJohn]

Hello SPLO22.
Can I use this procedure to make an identical copy of my Win98 boot disk so it too will do a proper boot up???

John

[Darkbolt]

you should be able to

[AussieJohn]

Thanks mate for the quick reply mate, from the land Down Under, namely AUSSIE.
Cheers