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It can be complicated, convoluted and difficult as image files can be a number of different formats. This involves getting disk images from the Web, then transfering them to the Macintosh for installation. It may well work in higher versions of Windows but I haven't tested it. Unlike Winimage it's free! However, it's written for Windows 2000 and below. I haven't tried this personally but it looks like this program can also write Macintosh high density floppy disk images to high density 3.5 inch floppy disks on a PC. No files visible but a MAC prefix as indicated by the arrow

Winimage after loading a Macintosh image. You can now use these disks in your Macintosh for System installation.įigure 2.

Remove the disk, replace it with another and repeat steps 3 to 5 until all the disks required for the OS of your choice have been made.

This will write out the disk image to the disk in Macintosh floppy format.

Go to the Disk menu and Select "format and write".

This means (although you can't see it) your image has loaded and is ready to go.

However, in the "Label" box in the top centre there should be a MAC: prefix (See Figure 2). Winimage can't display the Macintosh files. It will be blank? Don't worry about this. The file should load successfully but you will see no files in the Winimage pane. Go to File -> Open and open the image you want to write.Place a 3.5 inch 1.44MB disk in your disk drive.

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I recommend you register your copy as it's a highly useful program.Īfter you have Winimage installed on your PC do the following to write a Macintosh floppy disk from the provided images.

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The software is shareware and has a 30 day trial period. This program is used primarily for imaging PC disks but, although not promoted as such, it can process Macintosh disks as well.

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Having obtained the necessary disk images, download and install Winimage. As far as I'm aware these disks can only be made with an older Mac.

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Why only with a superdrive for the Mac Plus and Mac SE? Unfortunately it's practically impossible for PC 3.5 inch drives to write in the 800k format used by standard Mac Plus and SE drives.

Macintosh Classic (You can boot System 6 from ROM with this one anyway).

Macintosh SE (only with a 1.44 MB "superdrive").

Macintosh Plus (but only with a 1.44 MB "superdrive").

You need at least 4MB RAM to be comfortable with it and a hard drive is a must. The following machines can use 6.0.8 or 7.0.1 BUT best to save 7.0.1 for the SE/30s and above. Apple Inc has made these installation images available to the public domain so there shouldn't be any copyright issues. Unzip the images into appropriately named directories. That being the case I've put the image files in a format which will allow PC users to make system disks directly via the instructions below. Many of the images on the web are designed to be unpacked and copied ON A MAC, which is not much help when the Macintosh you may have just bought is not up and running. This can be a real headache for PC users. Getting Installation disk images for vintage Macs

A windows XP or greater PC with a 1.44 MB drive.

It explains some generic aspects of disk imaging and why, even if you DO have a good bootable disk, it may not work. Please click to READ THIS INTRODUCTORY PAGE FIRST. If you have found this page directly from an Internet search (as opposed to a link from my disk imaging introduction page) you have most likely missed some important information. Making vintage Macintosh boot or system disks (and getting other software) from disk images