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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Help on April 04, 2009, 08:45:34 PM

Title: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Help on April 04, 2009, 08:45:34 PM

http://www.course.com/studentcenter/downloads.cfm?isbn=978-0-619-02092-7&CFID=9672953&CFTOKEN=17813451

I downloaded the files from this site to use with a book I have. The files ask me to create a floppy disk. I don't have that drive on  my computer. Any way to get around this? Save it to a CD?

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Broni on April 04, 2009, 08:53:00 PM

It depends. What is the purpose of that floppy?

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Help on April 04, 2009, 08:55:31 PM

I think to save the application files that are used in the exercises from the book. It's asking for an A drive. I don't have that.

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Karnac on April 04, 2009, 09:00:46 PM

External USB floppy drives,,,,

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=287

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Broni on April 04, 2009, 09:01:14 PM

Yeah, direct it to your CD drive, and use CD to save data. Or, you can even use flash drive.
Must be really old program.

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Help on April 04, 2009, 09:01:49 PM

Thank you!

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Help on April 04, 2009, 09:02:55 PM

It is. It's an old Excel 2002 book I got. It has Excel lessons in it. Trying to refresh my skills.

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Geek-9pm on April 04, 2009, 11:28:36 PM

Does this work?

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C:\MD A-Drive
C:\>subst A: C:\A-Drive
 ;D

Title: Re: asks for a floppy drive
Post by: Help on April 06, 2009, 04:05:10 PM

Thanks everyone. I bought an external A drive today.