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July 8th 05, 06:03 PM
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Drive A:
Is there any way I can get my USB Floppy Drive to become drive A: so I can
make a startup floppy disk in Windows 98? Thanks 
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July 9th 05, 05:56 AM
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:03:02 -0700, rmpete
wrote: Is there any way I can get my USB Floppy Drive to become drive A: so I can make a startup floppy disk in Windows 98? Thanks It might be easier to just download one from www.Bootdisk.com. Insert the diskette then run the EXE file from your HD. It may find it. Let us know if it doesn't find it. You probably still want the external as A: though. What is A: now? Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
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July 12th 05, 05:27 PM
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Thanks Bill,
I did download the startup floppy disk content from www.Bootdisk.com Then I put the contents on a bootable CD, which my notebook will recognize. However, I would still like to make my USB floppy drive driveA: If I plug in the USB FD and boot the notebook, My Computer shows: 3 1/2 Floppy [A:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive ACER 600 TER [C:] LOCAL DISK [D:] CD-ROM DISC 3 1/2 Floppy [E:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive A: is always shown but does not exist E: is the USB Floppy Drive Question is - how can I convert E: to A:? Any ideas would be appreciated. rmpete "Bill Watt" wrote: On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:03:02 -0700, rmpete wrote: Is there any way I can get my USB Floppy Drive to become drive A: so I can make a startup floppy disk in Windows 98? Thanks It might be easier to just download one from www.Bootdisk.com. Insert the diskette then run the EXE file from your HD. It may find it. Let us know if it doesn't find it. You probably still want the external as A: though. What is A: now? Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
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July 13th 05, 02:59 AM
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You might try booting to Safe Mode Device Manager and removing the floppy AND all floppy duplicates, if any, and reboot. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:27:17 -0700, rmpete wrote: Thanks Bill, I did download the startup floppy disk content from www.Bootdisk.com Then I put the contents on a bootable CD, which my notebook will recognize. However, I would still like to make my USB floppy drive driveA: If I plug in the USB FD and boot the notebook, My Computer shows: 3 1/2 Floppy [A:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive ACER 600 TER [C:] LOCAL DISK [D:] CD-ROM DISC 3 1/2 Floppy [E:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive A: is always shown but does not exist E: is the USB Floppy Drive Question is - how can I convert E: to A:? Any ideas would be appreciated. rmpete "Bill Watt" wrote: On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:03:02 -0700, rmpete wrote: Is there any way I can get my USB Floppy Drive to become drive A: so I can make a startup floppy disk in Windows 98? Thanks It might be easier to just download one from www.Bootdisk.com. Insert the diskette then run the EXE file from your HD. It may find it. Let us know if it doesn't find it. You probably still want the external as A: though. What is A: now? Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
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July 13th 05, 03:18 AM
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First I would boot to the BIOS and see what's there regarding the floppy. That would affect DOS. You may also need Dos drivers for the USB port so you can boot from it. The USB floppy may have come with an installation CD with DOS drivers. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ __ On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:59:11 -0400, Bill Watt wrote: You might try booting to Safe Mode Device Manager and removing the floppy AND all floppy duplicates, if any, and reboot. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ _________________________________________________ _ On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:27:17 -0700, rmpete wrote: Thanks Bill, I did download the startup floppy disk content from www.Bootdisk.com Then I put the contents on a bootable CD, which my notebook will recognize. However, I would still like to make my USB floppy drive driveA: If I plug in the USB FD and boot the notebook, My Computer shows: 3 1/2 Floppy [A:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive ACER 600 TER [C:] LOCAL DISK [D:] CD-ROM DISC 3 1/2 Floppy [E:] 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive A: is always shown but does not exist E: is the USB Floppy Drive Question is - how can I convert E: to A:? Any ideas would be appreciated. rmpete "Bill Watt" wrote: On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:03:02 -0700, rmpete wrote: Is there any way I can get my USB Floppy Drive to become drive A: so I can make a startup floppy disk in Windows 98? Thanks It might be easier to just download one from www.Bootdisk.com. Insert the diskette then run the EXE file from your HD. It may find it. Let us know if it doesn't find it. You probably still want the external as A: though. What is A: now? Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
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