Re: Tweaking the floppy drive

Ken Blake wrote:
"Bobbi" <bobbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm just transferring occasional files from an old computer to the
new one. The old computer doesn't have USB, and it sure isn't worth
installing one. On the old computer long ago, I changed some setting
that sped up transfer speeds, but that was so long ago I couldn't
possibly remember.


In my view, if the need is occassional, don't worry about and just
accept the slow speed.


"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Bobbi" <bobbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there a setting to speed up transfer of files between my hard
drive and my floppy drive?


No. It happens at the speed of the slower device--in this case the
floppy drive, and that is slow indeed.

What are you transferring to floppies? Why? Floppies are very close
to obsolete these days, and for many very good reasons.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Agreed: Or, ZIP the files to make them smaller.

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