Silntdoogood Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I've been trying to get this old PC running. It was a compaq portable, it's been rebuilt with IBM parts. I have gotten my hands on some 5inch DOS 5.0 disks. With these, I should be able install DOS to a series of floppy disks, and run the system off the A drive, and programs off the B drive. (Right?) I have three 5-inch disks I 'could' use. It says there is not enough room on one, one is bad, and the last can not be used. There must be a difference in the errors of the bad one, and the unusable one becuase one it rejects right away, the second if grinds on for a few minutes, but I don't know what it is. I figured I'd check with my friends of Atariage before returning to the ebay battles for such a small need. Two will be enough, three or four would be preferable so I have some to mess with in the future. Please test the disks!...at least two. I am confident my drive can read, I don't know if it can write. Please only offer if you are reasonably certain the disk works. Thanks-Spence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 My local shop sales used ones for $1 for 10, but I don't have any PC to check them, only have C= drive and Atari. Maybe it's your drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silntdoogood Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Maybe it's your drive? I'm starting to think it is. I ended up ebaying some disks that came out to a little over a dollar a disk. The system says it's a 1.2mb drive, the disks say they are 1.2mb, but it still says insufficient space. I'm trying to get an older DOS installed to disks, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hex65000 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I think I have a new (opened) IBM 1.2MB drive sitting around. Give me a shout if you think you need it. Hex. [ Loved the <Clunk> noise the soleniods make on those drives... ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHOTA Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I HAVE A SONY FLOPPY DRIVE MODEL NUMBER> 3002151 IF U WANT ONE CONTACT ME ON https://www.facebook.com/shipshay16 FACEBOOK ILL BE WAITING FOR UR REPLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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