⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Best for: Windows 10/11 users needing legacy floppy support. Avoid if: You only work with modern ISO files (buy UltraISO instead).
Once the reading is complete (you will see the file list of COMMAND.COM , IO.SYS , etc.), go to File > Save As . Select “Disk Image file (*.IMA)” from the dropdown. Name your file DOS_BOOT.IMA . Click Save.
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WinImage solved this by allowing users to create an image file (typically .IMA or .IMZ for compressed images) that served as a perfect sector-by-sector clone of a disk. This allowed users to store the contents of a disk on a hard drive, emulate the disk, or write the image back to a physical disk.