Command: edict
EDICT is an Enhanced Disk Image Creation Tool.
It can create images of problem diskettes.
Syntax:
edict options
Options:
/d <drive> Specify drive letter
/f <filename> Specify file name
/p <limit> Limit maximum number of additional passes
/t <kind> Override bios and select settings for disk type
(0=360Kib, 1=1.2MiB, 2=720KiB, 3=1.44Mib, a=auto)
/c <number> Override number of cylinders/tracks (0-1023)
/r <number> Override number of sides/heads per track (0-255)
/s <number> Override number of sectors per side (0-63)
/b <number> Override number of bytes per sector (1-8192)
/h Displays help information
Comments:
Edict can also be used to create images of regular diskettes, e.g. for
virtual machines.
Examples:
Creates an image of diskette drive A: to C:\baddisk.img, overrides
bios with setting 3 for 1.44Mib diskette and runs a maximum of
10 passes.
edict /d A: /f C:\baddisk.img /t 3 /p 10
See also:
diskcopy
dskimg/ospimg
raread
rawrite
shsurdrv
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