<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
is	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
program	O
to	O
copy	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
defective	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
software	O
developer	O
Thomas	O
Mönkemeier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
code	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
;	O
some	O
low-level	O
hardware	O
parts	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
:	O
A	O
free	O
test	O
version	O
was	O
spread	O
through	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
shareware	B-License
CDs	O
;	O
a	O
license	O
key	O
file	O
to	O
turn	O
the	O
test	O
version	O
into	O
a	O
full	O
version	O
could	O
be	O
ordered	O
for	O
a	O
payment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
shareware	B-License
version	O
had	O
two	O
limitations	O
:	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
ten-second	O
waiting	O
time	O
on	O
startup	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
write	O
to	O
individual	O
boot	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
of	O
VGA-Copy	B-Device
was	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
were	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
names	O
VGA-Copy	B-Device
Pro	O
and	O
VGA-Copy/386	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
Pro	O
5.3	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
286	I-General_Concept
(	O
AT	B-Operating_System
class	O
)	O
computer	O
with	O
1MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
Micro	B-Device
Channel	I-Device
architecture	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy/386	O
versions	O
6.x	O
improved	O
performance	O
on	O
modern	O
machines	O
,	O
but	O
required	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
386	I-General_Concept
CPU	O
and	O
4MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
,	O
6.25	O
,	O
of	O
VGA-Copy/386	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
without	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
Mönkemeier	O
confirmed	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
status	O
extends	O
to	O
any	O
previously	O
released	O
full	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
was	O
popular	O
because	O
it	O
could	O
often	O
read	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
with	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
VGA-Copy	B-Device
can	O
read	O
floppy	B-Device
images	O
and	O
saves	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
extension	O
as	O
a	O
1:1	O
raw	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
without	O
special	O
headers	O
and	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
feature	O
of	O
VGA-Copy	B-Device
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
format	O
floppies	B-Device
with	O
capacities	O
beyond	O
the	O
normal	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
format	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
with	O
a	O
specified	O
capacity	O
of	O
1.4	O
megabytes	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
1.7	O
megabytes	O
of	O
capacity	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
2M	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
Distribution	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Format	I-Device
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
access	O
such	O
over-formatted	O
floppies	B-Device
VGA-Copy	B-Device
delivered	O
a	O
special	O
persistent	O
DOS	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGA-Copy	B-Device
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
compress	O
images	O
with	O
the	O
ARJ	B-Application
packer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
internal	O
heuristic	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
scan	O
the	O
full	O
floppy	B-Device
with	O
F-Prot	O
.	O
</s>
