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allan <allanpaterson@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> just buy a new floppy for a fiver
Hell of a lot more convenient to have the utes
you use on a CD with a decent boot menu.
You dont even need to make it yourself, there's quite a few around
already done, and some dont even bother with DOS anymore too.
> Rod Speed wrote:
>> zero <zeroREMOVEnews2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:4219144a$0$32609$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>>
>> > well - sense of humour bypass methinks
>>
>> Clearly is in your case.
>>
>> Are you actually so SoH crippled that that comment about
>> your smirk went completely over your head and stuck in the
>> wall behind you with a resounding clang ? Obviously...
>>
>> > i know cd apps can do bootable cds i thought there was
>> > something more to converting a floppy to cd than that
>>
>> Nope, not unless you want to add a menu on top of that so
>> you can have a number of bootable floppys on a single CD
>> and select which one you actually want to boot at boot time.
>>
>> > chill out "child"
>>
>> Cant get any chillier than I am currently thanks, child.
>>
>> >
>>
>> I told you to wipe that smirk off your face, child, this is no
> laughing matter.
>>
>>
>> > "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:37n5snF5d2217U1@individual.net...
>> >>
>> >> zero <zeroREMOVEnews2@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> >> message news:42164745$0$8741$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> >>
>> >> > go on rod - give us a clue
>> >>
>> >> How many of you are there between those ears, child ?
>> >>
>> >> Nero and Roxio will both do it and if you want something
>> >> rather more fancy there is stuff like EasyBoot too.
>> >>
>> >> > and i wager the reply might include google !
>> >>
>> >> How much was that wager for again ?
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Wipe that smirk off your face, child, this is no laughing matter.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> >> >> zero <zeroREMOVEnews2@hotmail.com> wrote
>> >>
>> >> >>> might sound daft but . . .
>> >>
>> >> >> Nope.
>> >>
>> >> > > if you have various boot floppys for various things
>> >>
>> >> >>> can you just fo a 1-for-1 copy , one floppy to a cd and
>> >> >>> expect to boot from the cd , given BIOS setting of course ?
>> >>
>> >> >> Nope, but there are utes around that will take the
>> >> >> bootable floppy and make a bootable CD from that.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >>> <do_not_spam_me@my-deja.com> wrote
>> >> >>>> Al Dykes wrote
>> >>
>> >> >> >> > I use my floppy drive about once a year these days
>> >> >> >> > and it seems I'm having a real problem finding a
>> >> >> >> > floppy that has no bad blocks when formatted.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > It occurs to me, is the problem with my floppy drive ?
>> >> >> >> > Do the heads on these things degrade if they are not
>> >> >> >> > being used regularly ?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I have floppy disks from the late 1970s that were still
> readable a
>> > few
>> >> >> >> years ago with floppy controllers with poor data recovery
> ability.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Try sealing the drive against dust by Scotch taping every
> gap, and
>> > put
>> >> >> >> a cover over the front while it's not in use, even over the
>> > pushbutton.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Dust can affect not only the heads but also the optical
> track 0
>> > sensor
>> >> >> >> (gap that a shutter on the head assembly blocks when the
> heads move
>> > all
>> >> >> >> the way out) and the head positioner lead screw (grease
> becomes
>> > gummy
>> >> >> >> from dust, but golden lead screws use no lube). Also head
> alignment
>> >> >> >> can eventually go bad, regardless of dust, but adjusting it
> can be
>> > very
>> >> >> >> frustrating without a special alignment disk (contains odd
> signals
>> > and
>> >> >> >> cannot be copied) or oscilloscope.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You may want to configure your BIOS to enable the floppy
> disk seek
>> > at
>> >> >> >> boot-up to exercise the lead screw.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>
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