direct access downladed file are corrupted or broken.

aionlim

Hi,

my boss ask me to download direct access for ms-dos, then I google for it and found it at here : https://winworldpc.com/product/direct-access
But then I've try download all version of the link that posted, extract by winrar, and there is .img files. How to extract the .img files to usb pendrive ? I've try with some 3rd party software like magiciso/alcohol 100% to extract the .img files, but it end up with error says files are corrupted, can't extract/mount or burn to a disc image.

Please suggest on how to use this? Thanks.

SomeGuy

IMG files are floppy disk images. You use WinImage to write them to a floppy disk.

po lu

SomeGuy wrote:

IMG files are floppy disk images. You use WinImage to write them to a floppy disk.

I'm sure that he needs to extract to USB, Somguy.

aionlim wrote:

Hi,

my boss ask me to download direct access for ms-dos, then I google for it and found it at here : https://winworldpc.com/product/direct-access
But then I've try download all version of the link that posted, extract by winrar, and there is .img files. How to extract the .img files to usb pendrive ? I've try with some 3rd party software like magiciso/alcohol 100% to extract the .img files, but it end up with error says files are corrupted, can't extract/mount or burn to a disc image.

Please suggest on how to use this? Thanks.

1. Download WinImage.
2.Open *.IMG in winimage
3. Press "CTRL+X"
4. Enter the path to your USB drive (X:\) Where X: is your USB drive.
5. Enjoy!
NOTE: This only works on Windows!

SomeGuy

Keep in mind that many setup programs don't always run after they have been extracted to a folder. Many check for volume labels or requires extraction in to folders with specific names (such as disk1, disk2, disk3, etc). I don't recall if this specific program needs any of that or not.

scheurneus

Actually, it should go on a floppy, because that is what it was originally distributed on. But extracting might also work. Also note it is DOS software and as such probably will not run on 64-bit Windows and might have difficulties on NT.

po lu

scheurneus wrote:

Actually, it should go on a floppy, because that is what it was originally distributed on. But extracting might also work. Also note it is DOS software and as such probably will not run on 64-bit Windows and might have difficulties on NT.

Yeah, and he is probably running NT 6-10 (Win7-10)x64 so it might not work but my method was for if he would like to try.

DOS_Fan

Another way to extract:
Take a Virtual Machine like Oracle VM VirtualBox and put the .img file in the emulated floppy there,
Worked for me with all standard disks.

po lu

DOS_Fan wrote:

Another way to extract:
Take a Virtual Machine like Oracle VM VirtualBox and put the .img file in the emulated floppy there,
Worked for me with all standard disks.

Dos_Fan: VirtualBox is NOT a VM. It is the software used to RUN THE VM!

buricco

MS-DOS does check volume labels.

birdy

po lu wrote:

DOS_Fan wrote:

Another way to extract:
Take a Virtual Machine like Oracle VM VirtualBox and put the .img file in the emulated floppy there,
Worked for me with all standard disks.

Dos_Fan: VirtualBox is NOT a VM. It is the software used to RUN THE VM!

No, DOS_FAN is right. Virtual box can accept floppy disk images, such as .img files.

po lu

birdy wrote:

po lu wrote:

DOS_Fan wrote:

Another way to extract:
Take a Virtual Machine like Oracle VM VirtualBox and put the .img file in the emulated floppy there,
Worked for me with all standard disks.

Dos_Fan: VirtualBox is NOT a VM. It is the software used to RUN THE VM!

No, DOS_FAN is right. Virtual box can accept floppy disk images, such as .img files.

I had thoght that dos fan ment that VBOX is a VM. You need to boot the VM in VBOX and Mount the img!