amitureuser Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 please be gentle as you can tell by my user name that i'm not a pc expert, but it sure is fun to dabble with it, i have a old floppy disc program that i'd like to move to a disc, how can i do that and have it operate the same, i tried this http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#whatis and was not able to figure out how it is converted and bootable(may on some things i don't read instruction very well) i just don't know how but, i know you guys do joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Which old floppy program?Are we talking of making a DOS booting from CD or USb and run tha program?You can do an El-Torito floppy emulation boot CD easily.Or does the "floppy" needs write access?If yes your best bet is using grub4dos or Syslinux/memdisk and either use an image (if the shatever needs writing BUT changes can be discarded) or a "normal" multiboot install (obviously only possible on a USB stick or HD, not on CD).Any reason why you should be able to read posts "better" than "instructions"? Post some details, and we'll see what we can do. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitureuser Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 ok, i have a program called wipe it , i bought long ago, that i want to be able to use in the usb or cd format instead of the floppy that it came in. so i tried to figure out the said program above(the link) and i just did not get it. did not see how to make it work when i feel there is alot of instruction for someone like me that is left out. maybe i'm alittle behind the curve for that operation Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 ok, i have a program called wipe it , i bought long ago, that i want to be able to use in the usb or cd format instead of the floppy that it came in. so i tried to figure out the said program above(the link) and i just did not get it. did not see how to make it work when i feel there is alot of instruction for someone like me that is left out. maybe i'm alittle behind the curve for that operation JoelI will try again :if you cannot describe this program, it is difficult I can help you speciofically as my crystal ball is in the shop , again, for maintenance and tune-up.General way for a CD (please FORGET for the moment that page http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#whatis ):Create an image of the floppy. <- there are several suitable programs, but without knowing what OS you are running it is difficult to point you to one particularly, probably best option is DCOPY/DCOPYNT that will cover DOS and various Windows:http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/applications.htmlmake an El-Torito floppy emulation Cd, again there are several suitable programs, but without knowing what OS you are running it is difficult to point you to one particularly, easiest for Windows will be IMGBURN:http://www.imgburn.com/http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6392http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6392&st=5Which can even extract directly the image of the floppy:http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1779jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitureuser Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 sorry, i am using home xp sp3, the program is a hard drive wiping program that i really like but is on a floppy. my present pc has a floppy drive, i'm not sure how to convert it to a iso then to make it a bootable cd (the new box will not have a floppy drive). i have tried using the free version of PowerISO with little luck, as i just could not get the program to burn the image-it went through the motions but the disc was empty. i do also have ImgBurn which i also am not able to get over that bridge with. thank you for your patience.Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitureuser Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 . Who says ignorant people can't learn, i did not know to first save the the boot image, then load the files from the floppy and burn it -with the boot image- to a cd+r. This all was with PowerISO. yahoo!, works just as if i had the floppy instead. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 . Who says ignorant people can't learn, i did not know to first save the the boot image, then load the files from the floppy and burn it -with the boot image- to a cd+r. This all was with PowerISO. yahoo!, works just as if i had the floppy instead. JoelGood, now you may want to start using a "good" wiping utility :http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtmlIt is also inside the UBCD "UltimateBootCD":http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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