Dialog New Disk Image
The New Disk Image dialog creates a new, empty disk image using a predefined format and boot sector.
A target disk layout and a compatible boot sector can be selected before creation, and files may be imported immediately afterward.
- Menu: File -> New Image
The upper portion of the dialog is divided into two visual groups:
- Standard Formats
- Special Formats
Although these appear as separate panels, the radio buttons are linked. Only one format may be selected across both panels.
Standard formats represent commonly used floppy disk layouts, such as:
- 160K
- 180K
- 320K
- 360K
- 720K
- 1.2M
- 1.44M
- 2.88M
Special formats represent non-standard or format-specific layouts, such as:
- DMF (1024 Clusters)
- DMF (2048 Clusters)
- ProCopy
- Tandy 2000
Selecting a special format automatically deselects any standard format, and vice versa.
The Boot Sector drop-down selects a predefined boot sector to apply to the new image.
- The list is filtered automatically based on the selected disk format
- Only boot sectors compatible with the chosen format are shown
- Changing the disk format updates the available boot sector options
In addition to the built-in boot sector definitions, DiskImageTool will load
user-defined entries from a BootSector.xml file located next to the application
executable if one is present.
User-defined boot sectors are merged with the built-in list and appear in the same drop-down, filtered by the selected disk format in the same way.
- Creates the new disk image using the selected options
- Closes the dialog without creating a new image
- Only one disk format can be selected at a time
- Boot sector options depend on the selected disk format
- The new image becomes the active image after creation
- No changes are made until Ok is clicked