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Active@ Kill Disk - Hard Drive Eraser (exe)
Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. Active@ KillDisk conforms to US Department of...
Tags: Floppy Disk, Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, Disk, U.S. Department Of Defense
Software downloads 2008-01-30
Floppy Drive not being recognized
The Floppy Drive is not being recognized. There is an ! next to the drive when I go to "Device Manager." When I click on "Driver Details" it says this....."A driver service for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code...
Tags: mnr4evr@..., floppy drive, floppy disk
Discussion threads 2007-11-04
urgent... invalid system disk !
hi. i'm having a problem with my laptop. whenever i turn it on it says:invalid system diskreplace the disk, and then press any keythe laptop has two users and is running on windows xp pro. i really need to solve this... i think the only solution right now is to...
Tags: computerilliterate, floppy disk, CD, laptop computer, invalid system disk, system disk, floppy drive, computer, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2007-11-02
Floppy Disk Failure Upon Startup
I was recently fooling around with the BIOS on my PC to overclock my processor when I saved the settings and restarted the last time I got an error saying Floppy Drives Failure (40).Not quite sure what that is about as I am just recently getting more into computers and...
Tags: anosca@..., disk, floppy disk, floppy drive, BIOS, BIOS Setup
Discussion threads 2007-10-07
external floppy drive doesn't apear in my computer
Computer : Fujitsu Lifebook B Series B 2610Floppy Drive : Fujitsu FDD UNIT Model (FPCFDD02)i'm lost so if someone can explain to me thats great thanks Gwen
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, gwen23lond@..., floppy drive, computer, floppy disk
Discussion threads 2007-09-26
is it possible to run my laptop to my desk top floppy drive
im doing a system retore disc for my lap top incase it crashes i hvae no cds with it but i dont have a floppy drive to install it to and i need to so is it possible to run it to my desk top and use its floppy...
Tags: thenewdad@..., laptop computer, floppy drive, floppy disk
Discussion threads 2007-08-28
HOW DO I UNLOCK MY FLOPPY DRIVE
I locked my floppy drive with a free or free to try drive locker, but I don't know which one, and I guess I deleted it before unlocking the floppy drive. How do I find which program I used and/or is there another way to unlock my floppy drive without...
Tags: lepsychicphantom@..., floppy drive, floppy disk
Discussion threads 2007-08-17
XP Setup to use a usb flash drive for sata drivers
How can Windows XP Setup(F6) use a usb flash drive instead of a floppy drive to find drivers for a sata hard drive.It's not for finding them, it's for loading them...The floppy drive is used to load the SATA driversF6 is only for floppyhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/314859you can create your own custom...
Tags: Serial ATA, levybj@..., floppy disk, SATA Drivers, Microsoft Windows XP, floppy drive, USB flash drive
Discussion threads 2007-08-04
Vista autodetects an old IDE hard drive as a floppy drive
Hello,I recently bought a new computer and was trying to migrate data that was on my old hard drives.One of them is a Samsung IDE hard drive (SV204h); Only thing is that Vista recognizes the drive as a floppy drive.Any suggestions for how to fix this?thanks
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), dsouzaej@..., hard drive, floppy drive, floppy disk, Microsoft Windows Vista, IDE
Discussion threads 2007-08-03
installing a 5.25 floppy drive as an external in windows 98 laptop
trying to access data from a bunch of floppy 5.25 disks. have an "external 5.25 floppy disk kit" manufactured g-d knows when- that i would like to use to do this using a win 98 laptop. is there any way to do this?depends onthe interface that the external floppy kit...
Tags: laptop computer, jstech@..., floppy drive, floppy disk
Discussion threads 2007-08-02
cant instal XP HD undetected, i dont have floppy drive
I had XP previously installed on my computer and then a couple of days it started screwing up, when the windows xp logo came up on start up i would get a blue screen for less than a second and the computer would restart, i couldnt even start my computer...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Daniel.riveramiranda@..., floppy drive, Microsoft Windows XP, floppy disk, nLite, disk, computer
Discussion threads 2007-07-25
to enable floppy drive in windows NT
i have a server that running with windows NT..when i log on as administrator, i found that i can't see the floppy drive existence in my computer. eventhough, physically there is a floppy drive installed. i think it was disabled for security issue. anyone knows how to enable it?If it...
Tags: sheila.rita@..., floppy drive, floppy disk, windows-NT
Discussion threads 2007-07-10
X DupFile (exe)
X DupFile is a safe, affordable, and easy-to-use duplicate files find and delete solution, designed to find and delete duplicate files from your hard drives, floppy drives, and other types of fixed media. Unlike other duplicate files finder, X DupFile separating the process as two steps, first scans drives and...
Tags: Floppy Drive, X DupFile
Software downloads 2007-02-15
Help getting an older program to use an external floppy drive
Hope someone can help with this. I have an older database program I'm trying to install as a remote on my laptop. It requires a floppy disk be written to register the remote with the master, my desktop. Although the teac external floppy drive demonstrates no issues with my Toshiba...
Tags: joesephzig@..., floppy disk, floppy drive, external floppy drive, laptop computer, RAM
Discussion threads 2007-06-07
Bootdisk via Floppy Drive (linux CentOS)
Can I create a boot disk via floppy and extract the tar ball from hidden linux partition witch the image or tar gz file was located?
Tags: UNIX, psdelmundo20@..., floppy disk, Linux, floppy drive
Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Problem
Hi guys,I have an acer aspire 1694 laptop and i installed vista after that my dvd drive has stopped working and i think its a hardware issue. recently i inserted one dvd and its stuck in there and its not reading as well. i need to format my laptop and...
Tags: Notebooks, chirag4u4ever@..., floppy disk, laptop computer, DVD-drive, floppy drive
Discussion threads 2007-05-18
Floppy Drive Disabler (exe)
Allows you to easily enable or disable Floppy drives on your Windows 2000, 2003, or XP system.
Tags: Floppy Disk, Floppy Drive
Software downloads 2006-08-31
Gateway HandBook 486 BIOS (exe)
This BIOS is specifically for HandBook 486 SX25 machines that are having problems with the external floppy drive. If you are not experiencing a problem, you will not need this file. Boot the system clean (press the F5 key during the boot process). In the directory that you copied the...
Tags: Floppy Disk, Floppy Drive, Gateway Inc., Gateway 2000, BIOS, Desktops, Hardware, Components
Software downloads 2006-07-26
Install external floppy in laptop
A disc got stuck in floppy drive of laptop (HP Omnibook xe4100) I managed to get it out using a thin knife blade but now the drive won't accept new discs. I am trying to replace the drive with an external floppy drive. I bought the correct external floppy...
Tags: floppy disk, floppy drive, epic60sman@..., omnibook bios, hardware, external, laptop computer
Discussion threads 2007-02-26
Reinventing the term "Thumb Drive"
A common issueI've actually found this to be a common issue with MANY manufacturers floppy drives nowadays. Whether its an oem system or third party hardware, the floppy drives are just pieces of grabage nowadays. I think, they think, that since we arent going to use it except maybe to...
Tags: CDROM, CDROM DRIVE, floppy disk, floppy drive, mib.2945@..., hardware, USB flash drive
Discussion threads 2007-02-22


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