where can i get 5-1/2 old computer programs put on Cd's for the computer or tell me how i can do it myself.

Question

i don't have a 5 1/2 drive any more

Answer 1

Ebay sells 5 1/4 " diskette drives for most systems. If you're trying to transfer diskettes from older type computers, like commodore, the transfer might take a while, they were slow.

I highly recommend buying an external hard drive for archiving. A well cared for external hard drive is the safest archival method.

Answer 2

Go to the local computer store- not mass marketers like BestBuy or Circuit City, but a real store, often with piles of computers in pieces and get a 5 1/4", 1.2meg drive, install it in your computer- you may need to get an "old" floppy drive cable with that- one that has connections for 2 floppy drives, and have them mark which one is the A: drive and which is B: drive- add the floppy as B:, and don't forget to set the cmos setting for B: to 5 1/4" 1.2meg. Restart your computer and it will find the new drive and it will bein my computer...
Provided you have a CD Burner and software is loaded, select the B: drive as the source and copy those files to the CD writer in your software. If you have many drives, you might want to copy the 5 1/4" floppies to the C drive in a folder and copy those folders to a CD later with your software...
Now, this will work with Data, basic programs, but not ones that boot from the 5 1/4" floppy or are copy-protected...
If this is too much, while you are at the local computer store ask if they can copy the stuff for you...

Answer 3

most computers have 5 1/2 drives, ask one of your friends if you can use their computer

Answer 4

I doubt that your programs that worked with the older computer would work on a modern one. Or they would run really slow. I have games on the 3.5" floppy disks that don't function on my system. Which programs are you trying to transfer (or find)?

If you are able, perhaps you can build yourself a DOS computer? You can probably purchase a 5.25 floppy drive from eBay (or check on Froogle).

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If the program is on a 5 1/4 " floppy and you don't have one, you're SOL, sorry.

Answer 7

Try ebay