I want to update my BIOS via USB coz i dont have a floppy drive?
i want to update my BIOS via USB my motherboard is ASUS P4bB533 x i dont have a floppy drive please help me..

How do I remove the floppy drive from a Dell Dimension 2350?
I removed the screws but it wont come out. It's screwed in on the non removable side. How do I take it out?

What does the floppy drives require?
i need to know if it is one of this P1 Power Connectors Molex Power Connectors P4 12V Power Connectors Mini Power Connectors

Can I hook up an IDE hard drive using the connector from an old floppy drive?
I have an IDA hard drive that I want to hook up as a second drive. The connector to the main hard drive only has one connector. The only other thing available is an old floppy drive that I can take out. I just don't know if the connector will work.

Do any laptops have a built in floppy drive. And also do all the laptops have a built in CD drive.?


Is there anyone who manufactures a USB external 5-1/4 inch floppy drive?
This would be great for me and other folks like me who have dozens of those old disks lying around that might just have some useful data still on them if we had some way of looking at it.

Can I install Windows XP onto a computer with no CD - ROM or floppy drive, using a USB flash drive?
I have an old Windows XP on my current PC. I have another PC with a formatted HD and no CD ROM or floppy drive. Can I make my USB flash drive a bootable copy of my Windows XP disc and install windows that way?

Insert Startup Disk into floppy drive and Press F2 to start setup?
Hi i can not Start my PC I used partion manager 9.0 to create a new Partition on my new HDD.I didn't touch my first HDD which include my OS Windows Vista ultimate 64bit. in the middle of the creation I got the message Partition manager need to restart my PC, I hit OK and than on the start I have the following message " Drive 0 primary 01 Vista 2008 7 NTFS ACERInsert Startup Disk into floppy drive and Press F2 to start setup" First I don't have a startup disk cd or what ever and second I tried to put my old windows XP CD, but nothing happen. I think it really mean to a 1.44 MB floppy disk, but who still use them and i even have a floppy driver Pls any help would be great, I don't wanna use my recovery win dvds, as I have a lot of Programs inside and I don't want to lose them.Just for clarification, I have a recovery win vista DVD, I created one on my first start. but I don't want to use it as it would erase my current windows, and all what I have installed on my PC

How do you create a bootable dvd WITHOUT a floppy drive?
I have an iso file and i need to make a bootable dvd out of it, How do i do that?Im using Windows 7

Can i put a 5 1/4 floppy drive in a new computer?
I have hundreds of programs and data on 5 1 4 floppy disks and I want to transfer them to Cd's. Does anyone make a 5 1 4 floppy drive that will work with a Pentium computer? Or can I make a vintage drive work in a Pentium computer.

How many pins does a floppy drive cable have.?


Turning an internal 5.25 floppy drive into an external drive?
Is it possible to convert an internal 5.25 floppy drive into an external 5.25 floppy drive? I know that for some disk drives like internal hard drives, they can be converted to external drives through the use of proprietary external enclosures. Does anyone know if this process would also be viable for internal 5.25 inch floppy disk drives, and what vendors if any might sell the necessary hardware equipment to do so?Reply to VESA Yes I have both USB and DVD drives already. But I need a 5.25 floppy drive in order to run certain older vintage PC games that only come on 5.25 formatted media.

Can you play old floppy disk games on a new computer if you have an external floppy drive?
I wanna play the old games.... > D

I can hear no sound from my speakers. This is just right after I installed a floppy drive. Suggestions?