possible to assign drive letter A to HDD ?

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who knows ?
is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
require floppy ?
 
who knows ?
is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
require floppy ?
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I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done.
(I assume you use a windows based pc.)

There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter
redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions.

I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has
changed lately.

If you actually need to access floppy drive geometry, I don't know.

/Rolf
 
Rolf said:
I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done.
(I assume you use a windows based pc.)

There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter
redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows
versions.
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SUBST is present in Server 2003 and works fine, but it will not use a drive
letter that is already assigned to a device.
I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has
changed lately.
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I don't believe that ASSIGN exists in any of the NT-derived Windows
variants.
 
You can do this with QSoft's ramdisk. I set mine to B:, but forget whether
the property sheet does this or you need to use regedit.

However, it shows up as Local Disk not Floppy Disk:
b: = \Device\Ramdisk
Media=Fixed, Sector=512B, Cylinders=8, Heads=2, Sectors=32, Total=256KB
 
who knows ?
is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
require floppy ?
Click to expand...

VMware and alike give the best emulation.
But, which programs do you need it for?

Maybe SUBST or ramdrive are good enough?
 
subst works fine for me

thank you very much, you really helped me

best regards, Piotr
 
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