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From: David H. Lipman on 5 Apr 2010 18:18 From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> | On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: >> From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> >> | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles >> | <smile_inspector(a)hotmail.com> 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
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 5 Apr 2010 20:51 On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:18:07 -0400, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> > > | On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:10:58 -0400, "David H. Lipman" > | <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > > >> From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> > > >> | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:54:21 -0400, Smiles > >> | <smile_inspector(a)hotmail.com> 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
From: David H. Lipman on 5 Apr 2010 22:41 From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> >> 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
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 6 Apr 2010 10:39 On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:41:26 -0400, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> > > > > >> 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 Yes, I know. Almost no system comes with one except a custom-built system where someone wants a floppy. > 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. But that I didn't know. Thanks for the info. However can't an old cable be used to connect a 5.25" floppy drive to almost any motherboard? Or is the motherboard connector different from what it used to be back in the 5.25" days? > See cable in below... > http://www.nullmodem.com/Floppy.htm -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: David H. Lipman on 6 Apr 2010 16:17 From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> | On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:41:26 -0400, "David H. Lipman" | <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: >> From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> >> >> 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 | Yes, I know. Almost no system comes with one except a custom-built | system where someone wants a floppy. >> 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. | But that I didn't know. Thanks for the info. | However can't an old cable be used to connect a 5.25" floppy drive to | almost any motherboard? Or is the motherboard connector different from | what it used to be back in the 5.25" days? The cable to the motherboard or floppy controller hasn't changed. The only questions are... 1. Does the end user have the appropriate cable 2. Does/will the BIOS recognize a 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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