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User Guide
Release Version 2.01n
Contents
1.
Introduction
1.1
Product Overview
1.2
Purpose
1.3
Scope
1.4
Readership
1.5
References
1.6
Acknowledgements
1.7
Glossary
1.8
History
1.9
Disclaimer of Warranty
2.
Installation
2.1
System Requirements
2.1.1
External (USB) Floppy Drives
2.1.2
Disk Drive Calibration & Compatibility
2.2
Components
2.3
Installation
2.3.1
Driver
2.3.1.1 Windows 2000
2.3.1.2 Windows XP
2.3.2
Application
2.4
Removal
2.4.1
Driver
2.4.1.1 Windows 2000
2.4.1.2 Windows XP
2.4.2
Application
2.5
Registration and Licensing
2.5.1
Justification
2.5.2
Licensing Strategy
2.5.3
Getting a License
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3.
User Guide
3.1
Supported Formats & Discoverers
3.2
Formatting Disks
3.3
Running OmniFlop
3.4
Welcome Page
3.5
Function Selection
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Support
4.1
Things to Check
4.1.1
Hardware
4.1.2
Single Density Support
4.1.3
Software
4.2
The Ideal Test Environment
4.3
The driver "does not contain any information about your hardware"
4.4
The media in the drive cannot be read
4.5
It won't work with my [external USB] floppy disk drive
4.6
How do I install a 5¼" [internal] floppy disk drive?
4.7
How do I install a 3½" [internal] floppy disk drive?
4.8
How do use a 3" [single-sided] floppy disk drive?
4.9
Nothing was found
4.10 The formatting works and it works in my old equipment but OmniFlop cannot read it
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5.
Using OmniFlop With Your Software
5.1
List The Formats You Need To Use
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