Hi Experts. I was working with Windows 95 for many years and resently bought Windows XP Prof. Now I experience the problem that my 2 Floppy drives 3½'' don't read my stiffies that was saved on Windows 95. It tells me that there is no disk in the drive and sometimes ask me if I want to format the stiffie disk, it also don't read program stiffies that I bought like Flight Simulator, Brix or The Incredible Machine. Please ! ! What must I do to solve the problem ? All my stiffies that XP can't read was saved with Lotus 123R5W while working with Windows 95. Thanks, Hope to get an answer soon.

Microsoft Windows 95 employs the use of a bootable floppy disk to begin the installation of the Windows 95 operating system or to troubleshoot problems with the system. Microsoft Windows 95 uses the MS-DOS system to boot the computer first and then loads the Windows 95 operating system onto the machine. Windows 95 Boot Disks may be created in one of two ways: The Startup disk may be created from within Windows or a boot disk may be created from a free downloaded boot disk image. After the boot disk is created the disk may be used to boot the computer and install or troubleshoot Windows 95.

Click "Start" and then click "Settings" in Windows 95. Click the "Control Panel" option. Click "Add and Remove Programs." Click "Startup Disk" and then click "Create." Insert the blank floppy disk into the disk drive. Click "OK." The operating system will create the Windows 95 boot disk. Click "OK" when the disk is finished. Create the Windows 95 Boot Disk using Downloaded Boot Disk Image Open a Web browser and navigate to the boot disk image site (See "Below"). http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Download the Windows 95 boot disk image and save the .EXE file to the desktop. Click the .EXE file to unzip the enclosed files. The formatting application will start. Insert the blank floppy disk into the disk drive and click "OK." The Windows 95 boot image will be created on the blank floppy disk. Use the Windows 95 Boot Disk Insert the Windows 95 boot up disk into the computer's floppy disk drive. Power the computer down by clicking "Start" and then clicking "Shutdown." Power on the computer with the Windows 95 boot disk in the floppy disk drive. The computer will boot up into MS-DOS to enable installation or troubleshooting of Windows 95.

Hi

Definitely it working with Windows Xp, Step to Step try ......Insert the window XP CD in your CD-Rom.

Select the and boot on CD, first format the your drive with NTFS formet and then install the new windows in your primary disk, .........

I believe it's a usb connection? It should work on xp. The only problem i can think of is the driver, which should be available on their website. Is it an Imation brand?

Try plugging into windows xp and if it will ask for a driver then head over to manufacturer's site and download the appropriate driver.

for imation external floppy drivers, click here.

hope this helps.

Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000/XP all "natively" support 3.5-inch floppy drives -- NO driver is needed.

Hi,
You see floppy drives are pretty old technology compared to the Vista environment which is the latest. Your floppy external drive will most likely run better in the Windows XP environment along with the necessary drivers on device manager under control panel...and those drivers you can also download. Am sure it will work better with windows 98 or XP.

Thanks & Kind Regards

put the xp bootable disk in computer and boot from it, choose repair option. it will slove your problem.

If you bought the computer just call microsoft
they'll get you a replacement key if you have proof you bought the PC

In windows XP and later the USB mass communication driver are in built, so you can use these devices like USB Floppy drive, USB HDD, Memory card, flash memory etc...

But before windows XP Microsoft did not supply the driver for USB mass storage devices. So, in your case you have to install the Driver for your USB Floppy drive, then you can use this drive as Floppy drive but after complete boot of your Windows 95.

If any problem or more question Just Ask me

Thanks
Iqbal

i bought a acer aspire 3six20 from my classmate but i forgot tto backup the erecovery.. when i instaler a new xp the logo in

Hi, i have installed thousands of Internal Floppy drives and there aint no conflicts between win/95/98/me and xp. all discs should be compatible, unless you took it from a apple machine for example. did it work when you put in a new floppy drive? all the best John