3.5" floppy drive for a 1997 computer

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I have a 1997 PC running Windows 95 which I use as a stand-alone (no network connections).
It came with a single 3.5" floppy drive (1.44 MB) and I'd like to install a second 3.5" internal drive.

Are the 3.5" floppy drives available on today's markets compatible with Windows 95 ?
 
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Hi. Yes they are all compatible. Why not get a USB floppy drive. You will need to install a driver for it though. Installing the usbsupp.exe Driver

The usbsupp.exe driver is located on the Windows 95 OEM Service Release CD-ROMs version 2.1 and 2.5 at drive:\Other\USB Folder (where drive: is the drive letter for your CD drive). If you do not have the CD-ROM available, you can download the driver from the World Wide Web at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/devdes/usbgame.htm. Save the file to a floppy disk or to a temporary location on your C: drive, such as C:\temp.

To install the driver, follow this procedure:

Click the Start button, and then choose Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop-up menus.

The Exploring window is displayed.

Locate the file USBSUPP.EXE and double-click on the icon.

Follow the instructions on the screen to install the driver.

After Windows 95 restarts, you should be able to use USB devices with Windows 95.

The README.TXT file included with the driver contains information on how to uninstall and reinstall the driver, if necessary. It also describes how to consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information on the USB driver
 
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I have a surplus of old 3.5 fdd's (not saying they're for sale). They are ALL compatible with windows 95 as long as they are the IDE (PATA) interface, (NOT SCSI) which on the inside of a computer is a ribbon cable, slightly smaller than the CD-ROM/HDD IDE cables. A USB FDD won't work in this situation, because most PC's from 1997 had one or two USB ports (not high-speed) on the back and in this person's case, he has no USB. There are external floppy drives (don't remember if parallel port or serial) and if your PC has an old printer port or a DB9 (9 pin) serial connector on the back they will plug in however you would have to use "add new hardware" wizard in windows 9x and search for both PnP (plug n play) and non-PNP devices. Ayden
 
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"I have no USB ports"
HA HA :lang: That takes care of that.

If the case of the computer has an extra bay for the floppy drive, that's all you need. Then I'm sure the ribbon with a twist and the extra power plug are already there.

Any old timer computer repair person will have a spare ol' floppy drive kicking around and likely be happy to even point you in the right direction. Don't forget to ask him for the mounting screws.

:) Have fun.
PS.
I remember the old days when I used to drill a hole in a 720k floppy to make it 1.44MB.
 
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