I have old 5 1/4" floppy disks that I want to get the data from. I installed an old 5 1/4" floppy drive into a fairly newer computer. I can see that it powers up but the computer won't see it? Any Ideas?
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jbrown8116
ANSWERS: 3
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Go to wal-mart or cheap electronics store and buy a USB floppy drive, they are like ten to twenty bucks, that have a driver that shows to the computer as a "flash drive" it should allow you to continue using your floppys a little while longer
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There are many possibilities. The drive may be toast. The BIOS may not be set up to recognize a floppy drive. The cable may be the wrong type. Floppy drive cables have a twist in certain wires that identifies the A: drive from the B: drive. If you hook the drive up to the middle connector versus the end connector, it won't work. The cable may be backwards. Some new motherboards don't have a slot to connect floppy drives. You may need to force Windows to detect the new drive by adding it. The big question - does it show up in the post screen that reports what hardware is detected right before Windows starts?
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Does Walmart have 5 1/4 outboard drives or just 3 1/2?
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