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   Idunnobutiwastold
   Gaming Acolyte

   Software that creates a virtual CD drive on your system, lets you access the contents of a CD, in the form of an *.ISO image that's been archived on the hard drive. See Figure 1.
   

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   Figure 1.
   
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   When working with older ('legacy') items, you may have a need for virtual floppy drives.
   I found the following application to work for me. See Figures 2 & 3.
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   Figure 2.
   
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   Figure 3.
   
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   Virtual Floppy Drive for Windows

   Description:
   "Mount a floppy image file as a virtual floppy drive and access the data directly, as if it were on a physical floppy."

   Homepage:
   http://vfd.sourceforge.net/

   Download Page:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/vfd/

   Similar Software Suggested Here:
   http://alternativeto.net/software/imdisk/?platform=windows

   Posted 12 years ago #
2. 

   Suze
   Member

   Many thanks, Idunnobutiwastold! Some of us still use floppies occasionally, and the day will come, if it hasn't already, when one won't be able to add a floppy drive when configuring a new computer!

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   goodgotd
   Member

   that's why I have a usb floppy. my latest mobo has no floppy interface but xp needs a floppy to install sata drivers. no floppy on this laptop either.

   Posted 12 years ago #
4. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Thanks Idunno,

   Posted 12 years ago #
5. 

   BenSando
   Member

   Software that creates a virtual CD drive on your system, lets you access the contents of a CD, in the form of an *.ISO image that's been archived on the hard drive. See Figure 1.

   Can you give a link to that virtual CD drive of yours, please ?

   - Ben

   Posted 12 years ago #
6. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi Ben, check the 'Similar Software' link. You'll find what you are looking for there. :)

   Posted 12 years ago #
7. 

   BenSando
   Member

   Ok, fine :-)

   - Ben

   Posted 12 years ago #
8. 

   Idunnobutiwastold
   Gaming Acolyte

   The first screenshot is for an unsupported Microsoft application called 'Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP'. You can read about it in blogs, like here:
   http://blogs.msdn.com/b/charles_sterling/archive/2007/05/14/virtual-cd-rom-control-panel-on-vista.aspx

   On the Internet, there are more user-friendly freeware offerings for creating and mounting ISO images. Here's an example: http://www.isodisk.com/

   If you have a DVD burning suite installed, chances are that this functionality is already built-in.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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