Re: 5.25 Floppy Disk Drive

From: wojo (kwoyach53954_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:57:11 GMT

Gotta get out my 5 1/4" disks and old drive so I can begin programming in
GWBasic again
LOL

"Shenan Stanley" <news_helper@hushmail.com> wrote in message
news:e8OaqXOEEHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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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