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From: Smiles on 5 Apr 2010 10:54
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
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 5 Apr 2010 13:30
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.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: David H. Lipman on 5 Apr 2010 16:10
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.


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From: philo on 5 Apr 2010 17:54
David H. Lipman 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 have a box of 5.25" drives up in my attic
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 5 Apr 2010 18:09
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.

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