Another PowerBook 5300 Question

These PowerBooks came preloaded with System 7.5.2. I need to get or create a boot disk so I can repair the hard drive, which according to Disk First Aid it needs. I used Floppy Disk Maker to create a backup set of software disks, but none was labeled Disk Tools, so if it's in those I don't know where to find it. I thought the installer might be like OS X, which lets you go to Disk Utility before installing software, but there's no option on the 5300's installation Disk One.
If you know what I need to do, I'd appreciate your posting the information.
Thanks.
John

I'd use SD cards because I already have them, and I'd have to buy a CF card. Speed isn't an issue because I'm only fine-tuning these machines
OK. SD cards can be made bootable, too. The 6-in-1 PC Card adapter that I use for SD is from SanDisk (as is an adapter for CF only), but other makes/models may work as well. Remember the re-formatting (HFS).
When starting from a flash card, one can press and hold the four keys Command(Apple) + Option(Alt) + Shift + Delete(Backspace) in order to bypass the internal hard disk (and its system folder). One can also choose a startup disk in the Startup Disk control panel.
I found a 7.5 disk tools on an OS 7.5 Install CD
The PowerBook 5300 requires minimum 7.5.2.
the disk tools file I downloaded that says it's for OS 8.1 failed to start up the 5300. I tried twice but the floppy drive spits the disk out and defaults to the hard drive.
The Disk Tools PPC can, as Niel indicated, be used in a PowerBook 5300. Do not forget the Make a Floppy command (under the Utilities menu) in Disk Copy 6.3.3 for a properly sector-copied diskette from the disk image.
Alternatively, the At Ease-IDE Utility Disk here could possibly be of interest to you.
If you wish to install an operating system onto an SD card, you could use the system software installer (Easy or Custom Install). If necessary, a full System 7.5.3 is downloadable from Apple (for instance, the North American English version here).
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