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Creating Floppy Disk Image

To create a floppy disk image follow these steps:

  1. Insert the required floppy disk you want to create an image of into appropriate drive of your computer.
  2. Start the Parallels Image Tool. Upon startup, the wizard displays the Welcome screen. If you want to skip this screen next time you run the Image Tool, select the Skip Introduction next time check box. Cick Next.

    Image Tool - Welcome

  3. On the Select device type screen select the Floppy Disk Drive option and click Next.

    Image Tool - Floppy Select Device Type

  4. The Select Operation Type screen appears with the single operation Create new Floppy Disk image already selected. Click Next.

    Image Tool - Floppy Select Operation Type

  5. On the Specify source and destination screen select the source (real floppy drive on your computer), and specify a destination folder and a name of the floppy image file. Click Next.

    Image Tool - Floppy Source and Destination

  6. The wizard will display the chosen operation and the selected options on the Review processing options screen. Carefully review the settings (operation, source device, and destination file. If everything is correct, click the Start button to begin the operation.

    Image Tool - Floppy Review

  7. While the operation is being performed, the Execution in progress screen is displayed. Wait until the operation is completed.

    Image Tool - Floppy Execution in Progress

  8. After the disc image is created, the Processing is completed screen appears. The disc image is created and placed in the destination folder specified in step 5 and can be connected to a virtual machine floppy drive. See the Floppy Options section to learn how to connected an .fdd image to the floppy drive of a virtual machine.

    Also see the Floppy Disk Images section for ideas on using floppy disk images in Parallels Workstation.

    Image Tool - Processing Is Completed