Virtual f loppy converter

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I did that, works great. Next was to try to mount a floppy in Hyper-V. Can't do that. OK, then create a VFD. Did that. Load the floppies onto VFD's. Anybody know how to mount a real floppy drive into a guest VM using Hyper-V? Any pointers well be greatly appreciated. I did really look for solutions Mike. It was widely used to distribute software, transfer or backup files before early s.

Now the floppy drive is replaced by other storage devices, such as compact drives and USB drives. In Windows system, drive A: and B: are reserved for floppy drives, although usually they are not included in current computers.

A floppy disc image file is an exact sector-by-sector copy of the floppy disc. It can be used to create a backup of the floppy disc. In virtual machines, a floppy disc image file can be used to transfers files to or from virtual machine systems. If your floppy disks are not MS-DOS compatible cannot be opened on a computer , these floppy disks are protected and RAW access is the only possible way to transfer them.

It is possible only via Windows based desktop PC with build in floppy drive. This is a limitation of the hardware, not of our software. If you do not have PC with internal floppy drive, you can send us your floppy disks and we will download the files. Floppies are copy protected. Similarly, companies producing machines and industrial equipment, protect their software from copying. Or they use non-standard computers with their own software.

For that reason, these floppy disks are difficult to clone or copy. They use special formats for their floppy disks with different rotation speeds. These computers are widely used in Japan in various fields — from gaming consoles, music synthesizers and industrial machines. Some of these disks are impossible to be downloaded with ordinary computer and it requires a special hardware to be transferred to virtual disk images.