README.TXT

Accessing a Floppy Disk  


SUMMARY
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The FLOPPY sample is designed to show how to access a physical floppy disk
under Windows NT.

This program has two major features:

- It can be used to display the geometry of a disk. For example, use the
command:

mfmt -g a:

- It can be used to produce a disk image, or to write a disk image to a
floppy. For example, use the commands:

mfmt -c a: bootdisk - produce a disk image of a:
mfmt -c bootdisk a: - make a: identical to bootdisk image

MORE INFORMATION
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This program is very simple. Minimal error checking is done. It is meant to
provide an example of how to:

- Open a physical disk.

- Read a disk's geometry.

- Perform a low-level format operation.

- Read and write physical sectors.