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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq
4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
"John B. Egger" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq 4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Aside from the HELP in BIOS, if you toggle through possible floppy drive settings in BIOS (next page or up/down etc) your ONLY options are 1.44m or 360-K 5.25 ? I'm guessing that the F1 help is ancient code. Nothing since the early-mid 80's shipped with a 360k floppy. What OS do you WANT to boot ? What came with it ? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...2666&lan g=en click on DRIVERS area and you'll see: " NOTE: Hardware devices (video, sound, network cards, and similar) that were not designed for plug and play may not work in a computer that is upgraded to Windows ME and later. If this is the case, you should probably replace the hardware device with one that is compatible with your upgraded operating system." |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
"- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. "John B. Egger" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq 4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Boot windows and check the error code you get on the drive for a clue what the problem might be: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...odeUr l=true& |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
- Bobb - wrote:
"- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. "John B. Egger" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq 4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Boot windows and check the error code you get on the drive for a clue what the problem might be: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...odeUr l=true& No error code is shown, Bob. Just a "disk in Drive A is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?" If I click OK, it offers only 3.5" options (1.44M or 720K), and if I try anyway it says the medium is not of the specified capacity. This machine uses Windows 95. The "IBM Clone" that the 5 1/4" drive came from was purchased in about 1988. It had 2 360K floppy drives, no hard drive, and used MS-DOS (I replaced it with DR-DOS, but same idea...) The old programs I'd like to run are DOS programs. I would have kept that old Clone but couldn't find a monitor that would work with it. TTL or something... not VGA etc. -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
"John B. Egger" wrote in message ... - Bobb - wrote: "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. "John B. Egger" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq 4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Boot windows and check the error code you get on the drive for a clue what the problem might be: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...odeUr l=true& No error code is shown, Bob. Just a "disk in Drive A is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?" If I click OK, it offers only 3.5" options (1.44M or 720K), and if I try anyway it says the medium is not of the specified capacity. What is the DATE of manufacture Or BIOS date code on the 4122 ? - something to give me a timeframe.... was it from 1991 ??? or 2002 ??? WHERE are you hooking up the IDE cable for the floppy drive? If you're dealing with first generation pc ( 8080 cpu), I suspect that the original Pc had a controller card for that hi-density 5/25" floppy. I remember having 5.25 hi-density onboard for some PC's, BUT on another IBM PC ( the first ones) , I also remember having 5.25" drives plugged NOT into the motherboard - but into a ISA card that plugged into a slot on the board. The card told OS the details about the high-density floppy drive. Probably $1 on ebay if you can find it. If you just want the INFO off the floppies: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-25-Floppy-Tran...d=p163 8.m118 |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
- Bobb - wrote:
What is the DATE of manufacture Or BIOS date code on the 4122 ? - something to give me a timeframe.... was it from 1991 ??? or 2002 ??? The Compaq Presario 4122 was purchased new on January 4, 1997. WHERE are you hooking up the IDE cable for the floppy drive? There are two adjacent sockets on the MB. One of them is used for a cable to the hard disk and CD-ROM drive. The cable that was plugged into the other socket ran only to the 3 1/2" floppy drive. I just unplugged that one, and plugged in the cable to my 5 1/2" drive. If you're dealing with first generation pc ( 8080 cpu), The 4122 uses a 150MHz Pentium CPU. I suspect that the original Pc had a controller card for that hi-density 5/25" floppy. Is 360K considered "hi-density"? I know they came in 180K too, but I'd think 720K would be "hi-density" and I don't have one of those. I remember having 5.25 hi-density onboard for some PC's, BUT on another IBM PC ( the first ones) , I also remember having 5.25" drives plugged NOT into the motherboard - but into a ISA card that plugged into a slot on the board. The card told OS the details about the high-density floppy drive. Probably $1 on ebay if you can find it. If you just want the INFO off the floppies: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-25-Floppy-Tran...d=p163 8.m118 Thanks! -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Klikit Linux 0.1-8 (beta) |
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5 1/4" floppy on 4122
- Bobb - wrote:
"John B. Egger" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to install an old TEAC 5.25" drive in an almost-as-old Compaq 4122. Holding down F10 on bootup and choosing "Computer Setup", "Storage" shows that the disk is considered a 3 1/2" disk (Storage: A: 1.44-megabyte (3.5 inch)". Help (F1) says "By selecting the storage icon you can display or change the configuration of your computer's diskette and hard drives." When I do that, Help says Diskette Drive A: allows you to specify the type of diskette drive configured as A: as follows:" and a 360-K 5.25" disk is one of the options. But I don't see any way to change to it. Anyone know about this old issue? -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 Aside from the HELP in BIOS, if you toggle through possible floppy drive settings in BIOS (next page or up/down etc) your ONLY options are 1.44m or 360-K 5.25 ? I'm guessing that the F1 help is ancient code. Nothing since the early-mid 80's shipped with a 360k floppy. What OS do you WANT to boot ? What came with it ? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...2666&lan g=en click on DRIVERS area and you'll see: " NOTE: Hardware devices (video, sound, network cards, and similar) that were not designed for plug and play may not work in a computer that is upgraded to Windows ME and later. If this is the case, you should probably replace the hardware device with one that is compatible with your upgraded operating system." There are lots of options listed in the F1 Help. Two for 5 1/4" diskettes, several for 3 1/2" diskettes. Other questions answered in reply below... Desired OS = DOS, only DOS came with the old "IBM Clone" (no hard disk at all...) -- --John Registered Linux User #291592 |
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