WINIMAGE v3.00 Copyright 1996 Gilles Vollant All Rights Reserved. Member Create and Manage Disk Images COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WinImage is a copyright work distributed under the shareware concept. WinImage is not free or public domain. Gilles Vollant grants you the license to evaluate this product for 30 days, after which time you must register to continue using WinImage. THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANTY, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR RESULTS OF USE, OF THIS SOFTWARE, IN TERMS OF RELIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. BY USING THIS SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT'S USE AND RESULTS. You are encourages to copy this software and documentation and pass it along to friends according to the shareware concept. If you do so, you must include all documentation and may make no modifications to the software or the documentation. WHAT IS WINIMAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WinImage is a disk image management utility. A disk image is a file which contains all floppy disk data (boot sector, FATs, directories and files) of a standard or non-standard format floppy disk. WinImage reads and writes in the standard and non-standard disk formats now in use by IBM, Microsoft and others, and allows you to take advantage of Windows'95 and Windows NT 4.0 internal DMF disk support. Standard Formats Supported: 160kb, 180kb, 320kb, 360kb, 720kb, 1.2mb, 1.44mb, 2.88mb. Non-standard Formats Supported: 820kb, 1.68mb, DMF 1024 cluster, DMF 2048 cluster, and 1.72mb. By making an image of a floppy disk and writing that image to another floppy disk, you get an exact copy of the original disk. You can read a floppy and create an exact image of that floppy as one file on a hard disk. Later, without using the original disk, you can extract a file from the image, just as if you had copied it from the original floppy disk. You can write the image to another floppy disk, without needing the original disk, and have an exact copy of it. This utility works where DOS diskcopy can not because of non-standard disk formats. Format 1.68mb disks that can be used with Windows'95 and Windows NT 4.0 internal DMF support. Unlike some other disk image utilities, WinImage's write verification works! and you imediately know if the copy, or format, was a success. There is more information on WimImage and disk formats, including DMF formats, in the online Help. With WinImage you can... - Create disk images - Use non-standad disk formats - Format standard and non-standard disk formats - Load an image file - Create an empty image - Extract files from an image - Add files to an image - Defragmentate and image file - Read images created with other disk image utilities - Duplicate many non-standard disks that DiskCopy will not copy WinImage has all the Windows functionality you would expect and want. INSTALLATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Installation is simple. WinImage and it's files, can be placed into any directory, a desktop icon or short-cut can be created in any folder. WinImage comes in 16 bit and 32 bit (Win32s) versions. Under Windows 3.x, WinImage must be installed by creating an icon in any folder. Under Windows'95 and NT 4.0, WinImage should be installed by creating an icon in any folder, then upon the first use, WinImage will install Registry information. The 32 bit versions of WinImage should be removed by using the ADD/REMOVE function of the Control Panel under Windows'95 and Windows NT 4.0. REGISTERING WINIMAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WinImage is a shareware product, you may copy, distribute, and try it, but if you use it after the evaluation period, you must register. When you register you will receive a license, a registration code, and the latest release. Registration is 150francs or $30.00 (US dolars) and may be paid by check, postal money order, or credit card. Site licensing is available. Complete registration information may be found in the online Help.