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====Writing Images====
====Writing Images====
=====3½″ diskettes=====
=====3½″ diskettes=====
To access +3 formatted disks and format disks to this format on Windows NT you will need the [http://simonowen.com/fdrawcmd/ FDrawcmd driver by simon owen]. This will only work with real floppy drives, not USB floppy drives attached to laptops.
To access +3 formatted disks and format disks to this format on Windows NT you will need the [http://simonowen.com/fdrawcmd/ FDrawcmd driver by simon owen]. This will only work correctly on PCs with real floppy controllers, not most USB floppy drives.
A good utility for writing the images is [http://www.seasip.info/Unix/LibDsk/#tools John Elliot's dsktool].
A good utility for writing the images is [http://www.seasip.info/Unix/LibDsk/#tools John Elliot's dsktool].
It's possible to read and write 720k +3DOS format dsk images using dsktool on some USB floppy drives.
=====3″ disks=====
=====3″ disks=====
A guide to connecting a 3″ drive to a PC and reading/writing disks is available from the [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/sdp/FAQ.html Spectrum Disk Preservation Project]
A guide to connecting a 3″ drive to a PC and reading/writing disks is available from the [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/sdp/FAQ.html Spectrum Disk Preservation Project]

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