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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• What is this application for?
• Why this application when there are other tools?
• What filesystems are supported?
• What is a recognition sequence and what is it good for?
• Does the application co-work with real floppy drives?
• Can I use an HD floppy at place of a 2DD one?
• How do I format a real floppy using this application?
• How do I open a real floppy using this application?
• Why don't I see changes I made to a real floppy next time I access it?
• How do I create an image of a real floppy disk?
• How do I create KryoFlux Stream files?
• Why is dumping on internal PC floppy drive so slow?
• Why do I see the "Cannot format target Track X" during dumping to an image?
• How do I dump an image back to a floppy disk?
• Why does floppy drive head calibrate so often when dumping an image to a disk?
• How do I make an exact copy of a real floppy disk?
• How do I convert one image format to another?
• Which version of DSK image should I prefer?
• How do I merge two images? What is a "patch"?
• Are tape images supported?
• Can this application run in Linux?
• I found a bug or I'm at least not sure if the app's behaviour is correct!
• Can I contribute to the development?

Tomas Nestorovic
E-mail for correspondence: nestorovic AT seznam DOT cz