Opening Floppy Disks in Windows 7 Beta 1 (works in RTM)

Before anybody thinks my previous video is a fake, I have proof that Windows 7 supports both 3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks. Watch as I load one of each into a vintage dual floppy drive.
3.5" disk is a Windows ME boot disk.
5.25" disk is a REALLY old DOS app.
Note: Still works in Windows 7 RTM.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Windows
• Seven
• 7000
• Beta
• floppy
• drive
• disk
• disks
• 3.5
• 5.25

[mattrock1988]

Hey... do you know of any AMD AM3 motherboards that support two floppies at the BIOS level? Thanks!

[soundspark]

@mattrock1988 If you mean officially through CMOS setup, no motherboards support that. If you mean by hacking the CMOS as shown in watch?v=z9YXyfG0Vf0 then it is a matter of trying and seeing if it works.

[mattrock1988]

Oh and just for reference... I am using a Biostar N68S3+ AM3 motherboard currently.

[soundspark]

@mattrock1988 As I said, the only way to know is to experiment. Although I should mention my motherboard is a Biostar TP45D2-A7 LGA775 motherboard.

[marcvie9]

oh so silent!

[mattrock1988]

@soundspark Nice. I saw the video and I was quite impressed. Now for the ACE tool (I downloaded version 1.01), do I just load the BIOS file directly into the app? It seems to be asking for a hex file. Not sure what that is.

[tpemail2002]

Thanks for the info on combo floppy drive. My friend and I had searched for them for years and don't get a clue about it. btw, I seem to have trouble using a 5.25 floppy drive on Win7 RTM. Sometimes it just get stuck reading the floppy and no way to terminate it without a cold reset while the same disk and drive works normal on Vista SP1 x64. Not sure what caused it though.

[Nadav34]

Floppies? Dead?? Yeah right!!!!!!!

[soundspark]

@atari26003 You need a floppy cable with a card edge connector (aka the 5.25 connector). Use the connector without the twist for the 3.5 to be A, or the connector with the twist if you want the 5.25 to be A.

[atari26003]

@soundspark Perfect! thanks,

If you wouldn't mind answering another question

What sort of adaptors if you know, do you have hooked up to this?

Im 100% sure my cables don't have the proper ends for this floppy drive lol.