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***glc*** · 11-03-2006, 01:45 AM

If you have 2 floppy drives in a computer, one has to be A and the other B. Many newer computers do not support more than one floppy drive. If your bios does not support more than one floppy drive, the 5.25 drive has to be the only floppy - and not all bioses can handle a 5.25" drive either, the capacity is different than a 3.5" floppy. Windows XP can read and write 5.25" floppies if the drive is supported by the bios, but it cannot format them.

Bottom line? If you have 5.25" floppies you need to get the info from, you are best off using an older computer - and when I say old, I mean pre-year 2000 and with an older OS such as Win98.

11-03-2006, 01:45 AM	#11
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,703	If you have 2 floppy drives in a computer, one has to be A and the other B. Many newer computers do not support more than one floppy drive. If your bios does not support more than one floppy drive, the 5.25 drive has to be the only floppy - and not all bioses can handle a 5.25" drive either, the capacity is different than a 3.5" floppy. Windows XP can read and write 5.25" floppies if the drive is supported by the bios, but it cannot format them. Bottom line? If you have 5.25" floppies you need to get the info from, you are best off using an older computer - and when I say old, I mean pre-year 2000 and with an older OS such as Win98.