Can I play and old 3.5" DOS disk on my computer even though I have Windows?

Question

I do have a floppy disk drive. I have windows XP.

Answer 1

Probably, although it might not be easy. Assuming you have a working 3.5" floppy (they're becoming rare), put the disk in the drive and then, from the Windows Start menu, select "Run" and type in "cmd" and click OK. It should pop up a DOS window.

From there, try typing in the name of the program in the form "A:progname" (I'm assuming the A: drive is your floppy). That might be enough to get the job done.

Or it might not. Depending on how the program was written, what it's requirements are and how your Windows system is configured, it might just fail or do something else unexpected. But what I just suggested is enough to run many of the old DOS programs out there.

If it doesn't work, you're going to have to ask again with more specifics about what the program is and how it's supposed to work.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

If by "play" you mean "read", then you should be able to as long as it's just a normal diskette. If the data was written using some special software, then you may have trouble reading it.

If it's a game or something, then you can try, and it "may" work, but that depends on what program is on it. Give it a try - unless it has a virus on it it shouldn't hurt anything.

Answer 3

You can read the data on the disk of course, if you're just trying to get some files, If you're trying to play a game or something, you'll have to tell us the name of the program you're trying to run.

Answer 4

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