Re: 5.25 Floppy Disk Drive

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:48:31 -0600

Rob Schneider wrote:
> Maybe the drive is faulty or not the spec that XP wants? Just a
> guess.
>
> Can you bypass this problem by finding a machine that has a working
> floppy disk drive, copy the files to format that does work on your XP
> or put into email or lan file server or something?
>
> Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

Keith,

I have to agree with Rob here. Getting rid of a better operating system
because your 5.25" floppy drive doesn't seem to work any longer (can you
even buy blank media for those anymore?) is ludicrous at best.

Find yourself a Windows 98 PC, put that floppy drive in there, make it work
there (as you said it worked in 98 before with no problem) and copy those
disks to the hard drive and burn them to CD and move on with your life.
It's not worth getting stressed over. I mean, next thing people will refuse
to move because their 8" floppy disks are no longer working.

The next Windows OS will not even support (natively) installing from ANY
floppy diskettes.. So get ready to drop the 3.5" ones as well. =) 

-- 
<- Shenan ->
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