Creating Floppy Disk Image

To create a floppy disk image:

1. Insert the floppy disk you want to create an image of into appropriate drive of your computer.
2. Start the Parallels Image Tool. When starting it for the first time, the Wizard greets you with the Welcome to the Parallels Image Tool screen. Click Next.

   

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

   

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

   

5. On the Specify source and destination screen select the source (real Floppy drive with the floppy disk inserts) and specify destination folder where the Wizard will put the floppy disk image and the name of the file. Click Next.

   

6. Review the settings carefully (operation type, source and destination folder) on the Review processing options screen. If everything is correct, click the Start button to start creating the disk image.

   

7. While the operation is being performed the Execution in progress screen is displayed.

   

8. After the disk image is created, the Processing is completed screen appears. Close the Wizard by clicking Exit button. The disk image is now located in the destination folder specified on step 5 and can be connected to a Virtual Machine floppy drive. See the Floppy Options to know how to connected an .iso image to CD/DVD-ROM drive of a Virtual Machine.

   See also the Floppy Disk Images to know concepts of using floppy disk images in Parallels Workstation.