I need a floppy drive for a secure program. for the program to work the floppy must be the A: drive. My problem is that modern laptops don't have 1.44 floppy drives. If I buy a usb floppy will it recognize the floppy as the a: drive or will it make it the F:, G:, H: drive?
Laptop t30.
2007-01-22 04:02:27 · 5 answers · asked by E. 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I have a TEAC USB Floppy connected to a Thinkpad T60 notebook. The floppy drive is automatically assigned letter A:
The industry standard is for one floppy controller which supports two drives (A: and B:). Even though you are using a USB connection, the OS follows that industry standard.
2007-01-22 04:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Floppies are almost always assigned a: or b: - I've never known otherwise.
If you have a malfunctioning built-in floppy, you should disable it so that the USB floppy will be assigned drive letter "A" by the Bios and/or Operating System.
2007-01-22 04:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by Aaron W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my T42, I just inserted a usb floopy and it was recognized as "A". The part number is 19308803-19 (from ibm).
Good luck.
2007-01-22 04:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should work. If for some reason it doesn't, you can change the drive letter if A isn't taken up by anything.
2007-01-22 04:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it doesn't here's how to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
2007-01-22 04:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by Angie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋