Floppy Disk

i just downloaded Navrátil Software System Information from this website http://navsoft.cz/ it claims that it can be used in dos. how do i do this? i have copied the exe on to a floppy disk and when i selected the fdd in the boot menu it says that it isnt a bootable disk. so how do i use NSSI...

Hello, I need to flash the bios on my laptop, which has become corrupted. I am advised that it will only flash from a usb FLOPPY. How do I get my laptop to recognise the drive? The laptop is an ACER Aspire 5520.

Hello, have purchased one of these for my 8 yr old as a starter. seems t be working quite well but cant seem to get photos off floppy and on to computer. any ideas.

One modder transformed two 3.5-inch floppies into a USB drive. This 3.5'' Floppy Is Really a USB Flash Drive : Read more

I have been using an MV30 for about 20 years. This is to augment a semi-pro trio playing in a club. I have acquired another 2 second hand units but now have only one left working. no2. requires a floppy drive and no.3 has a blank screen and no floppy drive. I fear that the one working unit might...

Hello, I just purchased a used Dell Inspiron 8000. It came with a floppy drive in the #1 media bay and the battery in the #2 media bay. It works well on AC power but it shuts off as soon as I unplug the AC adapter from the laptop even though the battery meter shows 37%. I pulled the floppy drive...

One man's trash is another man's treasure. So they say. Artist Uses Floppy Disks to Create Paintings : Read more

Hi all, I tried to install Windows XP on my Vaio P with Vista preinstalled. I need a dual–boot system Vista XP. Since the Vaio P has neither CD nor floppy drive, I used Nlite to integrate SATA drivers into XP package. However, it is all the same, looks like windows installation just ignores the...

I got my dell e1505 just over 3 years ago, and it works great. the only problem is that the screen has gotten all floppy. if i move it, it's like loose or something and wehen i let go it falls back to what it just was. if i move it further, then it will catch on and start moving whatever is...

Good afternoon. I've been trying to create a custom bootable cd-rom for months with no luck at all. The process is as antiquated as it has always been, requiring floppy disks and images, etc. I've tried several apps, nero, roxio, deep burner, winimage, etc. I've tried using floppy disk images...

I've got a dell 4150 laptop. It does not have a 3 1/2 floppy drive. There is a 'M1004' error that pops up when it's trying to boot. Dell has a fix for this but it needs to be installed via a 3 1/2 floppy. So I went to the store and bought a USB floppy drive, installed the drivers, made the...

hi, i have a compaq presario m2000 with a cd drive, but no floppy. i assume i can't load dos 6.22 on it without a floppy. or is there a way to do it from cd? i also assume that a usb floppy won't work because dos won't have the usb drivers. so can anyone help me? begging................

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some software that would allow me to make an image of a floppy disk and then copy it to several other floppy drives simultaneously.

I have an old laptop, Gateway Solo 2000, running Win 98 that has the floppy frive and CD drive you have to switch around to use. Floppy works fine, but when I plug the CD drive in and then click on its icon in My Computer, I get the message that the drive isn't accessible/ it's not ready. I...

Heya! I bought an Asus G2s and It comes pre-installed with Vista32bit. All was running OK, until i started working, and realising that some programs don't work with Vista. Now I want to change to XP, but I have a big problem... The hdd is sata and the notebook has no Floppy. How can I install...

I have an IBM A30 Laptop, PIII. I cannot get it to boot to a floppy drive. Here is what I have done: 1. Set BIOS Floppy drive ENABLED in CONFIG 2. Choose Floppy Drive as 1st boot (exclamation mark when press INS key, tried this on and off same results.) 3. Tried 3-4 different (they work in...

Is this a good card if u unlock it and oc it to x850 speeds? do u need a floppy drive to unlock it? this or 6800 gs. same price.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) Hi, I've been asked to retrieve some account files from an old Acernote Light laptop. It has a Mitsumi D353F2 external floppy drive that isn't currently reading, writing or formatting floppy disks. It also has a Phonic Pro modem PC card...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) Got a Tecra 520CDT for free. Wow, it's even got a decent battery and power supply. But I don't have manuals, CD or anything else it may have sold with new. 1. How do I get into the BIOS settings? 2. Does anybody distribute manuals or CD...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) I am using the IBM Thinkpad R30. I already have the R30 docking station, floppy disk drive and CD disc drive. I am think to buy the Thinkpad X40. Can you tell me if my R30's floppy and CD disc drives compatible with the X40? Thank you.