Reaching the limits of 3 1⁄2-inch diskettes using 2M

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Published on July 21, 2023 6:09:49 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=venQZPVeCNs

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Since many of you had commented on my Windows 95 installation diskette video, I decided to dive into one of the tools that was mentioned a lot in the comment section: 2M
Today, we are going to see how far we can push a regular 3 1⁄2-inch diskette by using 98.5% of the physical bytes available on the magnetic medium.

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00:00 Intro
02:31 DOS formatted disk
03:05 2M and 2MDOS
05:54 50% speed increase
08:23 2MF a: /F
11:39 2MF a: /M
12:28: 2MGUI
14:35 Conclusion