Subj : Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP?
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Subject: Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:18:12 +0000
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On 14/11/2017 12:27, james@nospam.com wrote:
> I'm not used to having a floppy drive on an XP machine.
> I plugged in a NEW floppy drive, which I just got in the mail. I used
> that twist cable which I mentioned. (twist on drive end), and connected
> the power cable. Everything is plugged in properly.
>

Don't waste your time with floppy drives.  You can't buy floppies to 
write to so what's the point?

Haven't you got any USB ports in your machine to attach flash drives or 
portable drives?

>
>


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