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floppy disk question

16 years ago

I have a floppy disk on my computer my main computer I never used it LOL....I wanted to by some embroidery software but it is on a floppy disk so here is my question

will this work just like a CD would I be able to add this to files......... or would I have to download it to a CD is that possible? Would I just put a blank CD in and then download it to a CD..............with the floppy disk still in the computer not sure I never used this floppy also how would I know if it even works.........since I never used it?

Thanks,

Mary

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mikie_gw
16 years ago
Floppy is just like your hard drive disk, only Way Way Smaller and a slightly flexible, or Floppy. Download it to anywhere you want, its going to be a very small file or group of files.
You can burn it to a cd if you want, but its kind of a waste, probably burn about 500 floppys onto 1 CD.
biwako_of_abi
16 years ago
Floppies do sometimes go bad, so be sure you back up your information. It would be a good idea to burn it to a CD.

One thing you should know, so you don't get an unpleasant surprise, although it isn't really a problem and won't do any harm. If you leave a floppy in its drive when you turn off your computer, the next time you turn the PC on, you will get a message warning you about it and saying to remove it and "press any key" to continue. In that case, just push the button to take out the floppy disk and hit the space bar, and all will be well.
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redpenny
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Mikie I don't have a CD Burner so you are saying I could download the floppy and then send files to my desktop if I wanted to or make a folder?
Mary
mikie_gw
16 years ago
Sure. I'd probably make a final resting place 'make new folder' and download into that folder while in the save to ... msg box.
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16 years ago
Beware that a 3.5 inch floppy holds only 1.44 Mbyte of data. Most software today exceeds this size by a wide margin. However, the humble 3.5 disk drive still finds use today, if not for anything more than loading legacy programs, acessing old data files, or an old game collection.

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