DOS ain't dead - How to convert disk image?

Laaca

Czech republic,
03.05.2020, 22:41

How to convert disk image? (Emulation)

I wanted to do some experimenting with BOCHS.
And I wanted to mount into BOCHS some images of disk partitions
But it seems that BOCHS expects not a partition image but the disk image.

So I need to somehow convert the partition .IMG to disk .IMG -- it means to add the MBR record. How shall I to do it?
Please, advice me only the windows software - I don't use Linux.

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nico7550 04.05.2020, 10:38 @ Laaca	How to convert disk image? Post reply
	Hi, Maybe BootICE: https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Bootice.shtml Or WinImage can help: http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm

Berlin, Germany,
05.05.2020, 14:44

@ Laaca

How to convert disk image?

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> I wanted to do some experimenting with BOCHS.
> And I wanted to mount into BOCHS some images of disk partitions

How did you create the images?

Is there no restore function you could start from inside the Bochs VM?
(Of course, then you have to copy the image first to a different disk image. Or your restore tool can access the image over network.)

> But it seems that BOCHS expects not a partition image but the disk image.

Correct.

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Laaca

Czech republic,
05.05.2020, 22:23

@ rr

How to convert disk image?

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In the past I used the Symantec Norton Ghost which allows to image (or recover) whole disk or single disk partition.
But it does not work under 64-bit Windows (at least my version) so this time I used the software CloneDisk.

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Berlin, Germany,
06.05.2020, 11:37

@ Laaca

How to convert disk image?

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> But it does not work under 64-bit Windows (at least my version) so this
> time I used the software CloneDisk.

You wanted something for free? Otherwise I recommend Tom Ehlert's Drive Snapshot. Will cost you 39 Euros for a Workstation license.

I don't know CloneDisk, but it seems to use WinPE for recovery. So you I guess, you need to create a WinPE boot CD to mount in Bochs and then restore your partition/volume image to a fresh HDD.

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