DemonElf Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Yes I know all of you are wondering why the hell am I using a floppy drive. But its for a good cause, our family friend just bought a new computer not realizing that it didnt come with a floppy drive. So they asked me if I had one, which they were in luck because I still had my Mother's old DELL Dimension 8200 and had a floppy drive. So I cleaned up the Dino-computer, pushed it to winxp Sp3 from SP1( Service pack 1, then 1a, finally SP3), updated the PC through 190 updates, and popped in the first disc and got an error. "A:\ is not accessible. No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk." And as I am typing this, I just realized these disks are formatted to IBM. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk_plague Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 3791 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 117 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 846 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 1141 Achievement Points: 8884 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 7 Birthday: 09/29/1970 Device: Android Share Posted October 28, 2014 Set it on fire and walk away...........just walk away....... Noears711XI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DemonElf Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Very funny. I can't the disks arent mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fir3Marshal Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 20789 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 28 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 936 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 325 Achievement Points: 7004 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2014 Birthday: 04/18/1981 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Two things, either the disks are bad (most likely) or the floppy drive is. You could try to find a NEC external USB floppy drive. I am thinking something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Floppy-Drive-External-Chipset-SY-USB-FDD/dp/B002G1YP3O If you take a blank disk, format it you should be able to read / write, verify that at least works as well. BUDMAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonElf Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Both are in working order. They had a win98 system but no cd drive. Also my floppy drive is good, barely used. I just need a free win98 download even if its a trial version. I installed oracle VB i just need a os to put in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Share Posted October 28, 2014 A lot of windows 98 programs stopped working once XP service pack3 was installed...try reloading XP with just service pack2... little_old_man and L!ckALotAPus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DemonElf Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 I just need win98 to transfer pictures over to cd lol. Nothing fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted October 28, 2014 If it's not too many pictures you might be able to find one of those places that transfer pictures and video from old media like VHS and Beta that will have the tools to get the pictures off of the floppy's for you. Granted it won't be free like doing it yourself, but better than nothing. In my town the local photography store still does 35mm developing and old format transfers. BUDMAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
mouselad Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 20902 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1279 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 819 Achievement Points: 9614 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/16/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 15, 2016 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 28, 2014 could try dos box http://www.dosbox.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted October 28, 2014 I am sure there are some people with floppy drives laying around. But yea more than likely the magnetics on the disk are just unreadable at this point. When it says formatted to IBM it just means DOS 16 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DemonElf Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 @@mouselad I am doing that right now, have to do a refresher on command-line processing been a year since I've used it out of college, @@Sammy There is nothing wrong with the floppies, our family friend still had the computer but all that worked was the floppy drive. The CDRom drive was shot and also wasn't a CD-RW. I've been doing research on thios also and it seems like its just how the data was written to the floppies that WinXP SP3 has an issue reading. Going to try running in Oracle VM(Virtual Machine): -WinXp SP2 -DosBox -and if I find a win98 OS to download I'd try that. Was seeing about input from peeps that have more seasoned knowledge on older systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireurza Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted October 28, 2014 Why do you need a win98 system to access a floppy? Windows is backwards compatible you can get a usb floppy drive and set up compatibility mode. Also there is no such thing as being formated to IBM unless is formatted to as/400 or one of IBM other server only formats. If it doesn't work on a floppy drive on another computer then the floppy is bad. No if, ands, or buts about it. Floppy disks if you remember had a real bad habit of losing the access point when transfering them from one pc to another. I used one a few months back so that I could load programs onto a CNC machine. I was constantly having to format the thing because it would lose the access point. Your only option after losing an access point is a full recovery on a floppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I have several old computers here with floppy drives and I have a friend with one set up with dos. If you want to send them to me I can give it a shot. Noears711XI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Also you should be able to right click on the floppy drive in explorer and choose properties. then run as win 98. Or I can send you a win98 disk.. sorry just checked and you need to see files first the you can choose compatibility mode.... Edited October 28, 2014 by WiZiD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) I have dos 6.0, 6.2 and some other versions on floppy. I also have win95 on 29 3 1/2" floppy disk. The #1 disk is bad boohoo. I also have win95 and win98 on CD as well. Edited October 29, 2014 by WiZiD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Nutcutter Posted October 28, 2014 Member ID: 1540 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 856 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 100 Achievement Points: 4812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 6, 2017 Birthday: 09/20/1969 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I just need win98 to transfer pictures over to cd lol. Nothing fancy. Why do you need 98 to transfer pics? Make a bart cd on your pc and boot theirs with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted October 29, 2014 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.17 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 29, 2014 Get a USB Floppy http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=floppy+disk&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=4233262479&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15231454300438463953&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4746i4wpzz_b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutcutter Posted October 29, 2014 Member ID: 1540 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 856 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 100 Achievement Points: 4812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 6, 2017 Birthday: 09/20/1969 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I dont see what you are trying to accomplish? You cant need a floppy for anything???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouselad Posted October 29, 2014 Member ID: 20902 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1279 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 819 Achievement Points: 9614 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/16/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 15, 2016 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) @@DemonElf there is a link in the description of the video to the iso for win98 here, but i havent downloaded it so im not sure if its right. from the comments it looks legit. i think you need a key though. it might be on the sticker on your friends old pc if its oem pc Another idea. would it not be easier to juist get the old hard drive and grab the files directly from the drive. cheers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RcSogjhLeM Edited October 29, 2014 by mouselad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted October 29, 2014 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.17 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 29, 2014 VMWare will do the trick...... virtualize it.. I'm doing this for a Pest Control guy here local using DOSBox. He has an old DOS program for his Contact Database and he hates the way they do it all online now. I'm taking his DOS program and virtualizing it and DOSBox which is free. VMWare on the other hand is not free but will do the trick. Noears711XI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonElf Posted October 29, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Windows virtual machines and the win 98 iso from the vid did the trick. There is several disks that are shot. Im done pulling hair out for this evening. Now to figure out how to move the pics to the main computer to save to CD-ROM. That is a time where coffee is involved. Thanks all for the input. mouselad and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonElf Posted October 30, 2014 Member ID: 2691 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 155 Achievement Points: 1459 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 21, 2017 Birthday: 04/18/1991 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 And all that running around ti find out some can be accessed via Xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L!ckALotAPus Posted October 30, 2014 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I have an old win wp machine setup just for 3.25 floppy I just found 100 floppys with pics from a 1 mp camera I had to put on cd and they were almost 20 year old if you can not find some one to do it I will but that means sending them to me and if you are in CO you can send a package to lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaptCrunch Posted November 8, 2014 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 295 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4466 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3627 Achievement Points: 36490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted November 8, 2014 DemonElf possibly the disk your trying to read are corrupt by magnetic field or MB bios option not set correct or bad cable question is the R/W light on floppy drive flash when boot or is on steady......means data cable needs to be flipped on drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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