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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2008External usb floppy drive
I have a program that was initially installed under Windows 98, probably originally with VPC4. The program installed with a CD, but had to be authorized with a floppy disk using an Authorization Manager that came with the application. Worked fine and dandy. The same application/Windows environment has been used successfully through upgrades to VPC 6 and now 7 on a variety of machines including an iMac and a Powerbook. Just did whatver MacOS upgrades, installed new versions of VPC then updated the Windows98 VPC disk image without reinstalling/unauthorizing/reauthorizing the application. The problem is that I recently migrated to an intel based MacBook Pro. I am using Parallels, but it apparently will run Windows 98 but the Parallels Transported does not port Windows98. So I am using Windows 2000 (because that is necessary for some new applications) and reinstalled prior software, and was able to move data. However I cannot use the program that needs authorization. The iMac (running VPC 7) and the Powerbook Titanium (running VPC 6) does not "see" my floppy drive when running Windows98. Hence I cannot unauthorize the original installations (my last authorization codes, none are left on the floppy). Parallels running Windows 2000 seems to recognize the floppy drive - so I am hopeful that I can successfully authorize the app. But I am stuck on getting the older setups to see and use the external USB floppy drives. Is there any trick to getting these VPC 6/7 enviornments running Windows98 to access my floppy drive? Thanks. Maybe you have to go into VPC Menu Bar on top and under DRIVES select CAPTURE FLOPPY? It's been a while since I used a floppy under VPC. On 6/10/08 1:45 PM, in article snyds_remove-this_-5EE91D.12451310062008@cnews.newsguy.com, "Daniel L. Snyder" <snyds_remove-this_@tcq.NOSPAM.net> wrote: > I have a program that was initially installed under Windows 98, probably > originally with VPC4. The program installed with a CD, but had to be [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks. This is because Windows 98 did not support Universal USB Disk IO drivers. Each manufacturer had to write proprietary drivers to work with 98. If your USB floppy drive manufacturer had Win 98 drivers that may work. But the best solution is to use Windows XP. It has full support for USB2 and Universal Storage devices via USB without any proprietary drivers. ----------Courtney >I have a program that was initially installed under Windows 98, probably > originally with VPC4. The program installed with a CD, but had to be [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks. True to a point but the Mac OS has USB drivers and has always worked for me with my LS-120 Drive. Mac OS always has made that external USB floppy drive look and feel like an internal floppy drive on all my Macs with Mac OS 8.51 on a G3 iMac all the way to current OSX 10.4.11 G5 PowerMac. Also with VPC 3 to current 7.03. This has been for any OS I have thrown at it. DOS Windows 98 NeXTStep 3.3 OpenStep 4.2 OS/2 Warp 4 Linux - many flavors FreeBSD BeOS Zeta XP Windows 2000 And more You may have to when running VPC in the menu select DRIVES and then Capture Floppy. Lastly you can always make an image of the floppy disk similar to creating an ISO of a CD and mount that file. I do this for my Windows 98 Boot Floppy. This way when I want to FDISK a drive or format it raw I use this instead of hooking up the USB floppy drive. On 6/21/08 10:56 AM, in article etbXI860IHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, > This is because Windows 98 did not support Universal USB Disk IO drivers. > Each manufacturer had to write proprietary drivers to work with 98. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >> Thanks. |
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