Some of this equipment probably still use serial ports. These tools are not
cheap so they aren't replaced until they no longer function. That's common
in the manufacturing field.
Until they do, I have 99 disks. (The boss needed one for his camera this
week.)
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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No USB or optical drive: that ages it! I wouldn't be surprised if
manufacturers soon announce that they are going to cease production of
both the 3½" disks and the drives.
Terry
"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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I just bought a box of 100 floppies for work. ;-)
(We use test equipment that doesn't have optical drives or USB ports.
Plus my boss has a Mavica camera that uses floppies. I'm tired of digging
around trying to find a spare floppy and then making sure it's clear.)
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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What do you mean by DATA? If you mean just documents, then copy them to
Documents folder on your hard drive using Windows Explorer.
If you mean that you copied the whole of the Word application to
floppies, then you have wasted hours of time. You cannot copy
applications across to another computer like that. Windows just won't be
aware of it as an application. You will need to find the original
installation disks and let Windows install it.
BTW, floppy technology is 37 years old (introduced in 1971) and is
notoriously unreliable: I recommend forgetting about floppies once you
have copied all your personal files across. Use DVDR or CDR for backing
up.
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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
"Novice aged 60" Novice aged wrote in
message ...
I transferred data from my computer, onto floppy discs and this process
was
very easy. I marked each of the discs 'Recovery Discs' and gave each
a
number. Now I want to reinstall that data back onto my computer but it
reads
the discs and doesn't process the information. Why? I really need to
get
this information back onto my computer and it won't tranfer the
information.
I have Windows XP Professional installed. I am still a novice at
computers,
please help!