I used the specs for the VM on the webpage above. Next, I opened my VMware Workstation & created a new VM. I downloaded the virtual_router.flp file from. This works file back in the other direction.Įxample 2 – downloading and booting a virtual router/firewall The file placed inside the virtual floppy image on the host was accessible on the guest. Then, inside my VMware virtual machine, I opened the floppy. Next, I mounted that floppy drive in VMware by editing the properties of my VMware floppy drive, checking Connected, and giving it the path to my new virtual floppy file. Of course, VMware tools are the handiest way to move files to and from VMs but let me show you how to do it with a virtual floppy drive.įirst, I create a virtual floppy within WinImage (by far, my favorite program used to work with virtual floppies) and Injected (as they call it) a file onto the floppy.

How do you use Virtual Floppy Files?Įxample 1 – Moving a file to a Virtual Machine with VMware Tools Let me show you two examples of using virtual floppy files. These applications allow you to mount and create virtual floppy disks within a Windows host computer. They can be created with a number of different programs. Virtual floppy files usually have an extension of. If you need to get data on a virtual floppy, a virtual floppy imaging tool can be used to save you the steps of having to first boot a virtual machine, copy your data to the virtual machine, then to the virtual floppy.No Floppy media to storage, search or get damaged (do you really have floppies lying around anymore, I hope nor).Ability to transfer files between systems.Ability to boot certain applications – like a Linux virtual router/firewall on a floppy (read more about this here: ).The benefits to using virtual floppies and virtual floppy imaging tools are: However, the difference is that, instead of being a physical floppy disk that is inserted into the drive, the virtual floppy is an image file that is really located on your hard drive. Like a regular floppy disk drive, a virtual floppy disk is mounted on your common floppy disk drive letter, A. In this article, we will show you how to use virtual floppy drives with VMware Workstation or VMware Server. However, the use of virtual floppy drives is very much alive and surprisingly useful. You might be thinking that floppy disks are “dead”, right? Well, you are correct that the physical floppy 3.5″ disks (or physical floppy disks of any size) are not used anymore.

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