how to set up 2 floppy drives in vista unlitmate 32 bit version

yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
? can any one help me out please thank you


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kcak47mopr

kcak47mopr wrote:
> yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
> have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
> drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
> i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
> ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
> like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
> both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
> ? can any one help me out please thank you
>
>



You need to enable *both* floppy drives in the bios

"kcak47mopr" <> wrote in message
news:...
> yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
> have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
> drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
> i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
> ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
> like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
> both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
> ? can any one help me out please thank you

I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.

Install the drive (which I gather you've already done) then enter BIOS setup
and configure both drives. If the hardware is OK and you get the
configuration right, they'll show up in Computer as you'd expect.

- Bill

"Bill Leary" <> wrote in message
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> I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
> correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.
>

Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH do
you use it for?

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Leary" <> wrote in message
> news:AE595FE3-FDC4-4754-A74C-...
>>
>> I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
>> correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.
>>
>
> Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
> do you use it for?

I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
I like to play from time to time.

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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> I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
> disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
> floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
> I like to play from time to time.
>

Wow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "Bill Leary" <> wrote in message
> news:AE595FE3-FDC4-4754-A74C-...
>> I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
>> correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.
>
> Jeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH
> do you use it for?

Mostly recovering files from old backups.

And for installing old software into an MS-DOS 6.22 Virtual PC.

- Bill

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
> news:CE7E3953-E912-4AD5-8E2E-...
>>
>> I don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
>> disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
>> floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
>> I like to play from time to time.
>
> Wow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....

I have two stored, though I haven't powered up either in years. I do have a
simulated Altair (CP/M 2.2, 3.x, MP/M 2, MDOS, and a few others) running on
my Vista system, along with numerous Virtual PC installations (XP, ME,
MS-DOS 6.22, Oberon, Warp 3).

i don't have a 5.25 inch floppy drive i havent never had one like tha
the last time i even used one was when i was in middle school i have
3.5 inch floppy drives with an univerisal floppy cable that has th
conections for both kinds of floppy drives can one of you look up m
moutherboards bios and see if maybe i need to update them and if
update is avaible because when i go to my bios i don't see whare to se
up the second floppy drive it is an asus p4b that is the model numbe
p4b i have tryed every thing guys i know both floppys work if i hoo
them up one at a tm

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kcak47mopr

As a side note to that, many newer motherboards only support one floppy
drive.

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"Bill Leary" <> wrote in message
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> "kcak47mopr" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i
>> have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy
>> drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both
>> i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy
>> ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers
>> like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them
>> both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b
>> ? can any one help me out please thank you
>
> I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
> correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.
>
> Install the drive (which I gather you've already done) then enter BIOS
> setup and configure both drives. If the hardware is OK and you get the
> configuration right, they'll show up in Computer as you'd expect.
>
> - Bill
>