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April 5th 10, 03:54 PM
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need old 5 1/4 floppy on XP
Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records
on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive thanks 
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April 5th 10, 06:30 PM
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles
wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a problem. But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 5th 10, 06:30 PM
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles
wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a problem. But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 5th 10, 09:10 PM
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need old 5 1/4 floppy on XP
From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
| On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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April 5th 10, 09:10 PM
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From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
| On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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April 5th 10, 10:54 PM
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David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. I have a box of 5.25" drives up in my attic
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April 5th 10, 10:54 PM
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David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. I have a box of 5.25" drives up in my attic
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April 5th 10, 11:09 PM
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found several places that sold them. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 5th 10, 11:09 PM
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found several places that sold them. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 5th 10, 11:18 PM
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need old 5 1/4 floppy on XP
From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
| On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. | I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found | several places that sold them. Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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April 5th 10, 11:18 PM
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From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
| On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. | I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found | several places that sold them. Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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April 6th 10, 01:51 AM
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need old 5 1/4 floppy on XP
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:18:07 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. | I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found | several places that sold them. Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. I don't pretend to be a hardware expert, but as far as I know, almost all motherboards can do this. My motherboard, a GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard, which is a pretty recent one, can. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 6th 10, 01:51 AM
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:18:07 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | wrote: From: "Ken Blake, MVP" | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles | wrote: Good day I have been given 2000 old 5.25floppy diskswith family records on them with out rebuilding a W98 box is there a way to set up XP to read the drive | Just install a 5.25" drive. XP should see it and read it without a | problem. | But it will take a *long* time to read 2000 diskettes. Be hard to find and have an interface for one. | I just did a web search for 5.25" floppy drive. I quickly found | several places that sold them. Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. I don't pretend to be a hardware expert, but as far as I know, almost all motherboards can do this. My motherboard, a GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard, which is a pretty recent one, can. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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April 6th 10, 03:41 AM
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From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. | I don't pretend to be a hardware expert, but as far as I know, almost | all motherboards can do this. My motherboard, a GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P | LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard, which is a pretty recent | one, can. New systems like from Dell don't even come with a Floppy drive anymore and those that do have a single interface cable for the 3 1/2" floppy. However, it is a completely different cabling for the 5 1/4" drive. See cable in below... http://www.nullmodem.com/Floppy.htm -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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April 6th 10, 03:41 AM
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From: "Ken Blake, MVP"
Cool. Now he needs a floppy interface and BIOS that can handle that old standard. | I don't pretend to be a hardware expert, but as far as I know, almost | all motherboards can do this. My motherboard, a GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P | LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard, which is a pretty recent | one, can. New systems like from Dell don't even come with a Floppy drive anymore and those that do have a single interface cable for the 3 1/2" floppy. However, it is a completely different cabling for the 5 1/4" drive. See cable in below... http://www.nullmodem.com/Floppy.htm -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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