XPost: alt.windows7.general, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll   
      
   On 19.11.23 19:21, Ralph Fox wrote:   
   > On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:59:56 +0000, Java Jive wrote:   
   >   
   >> Anyone else here tried to use 20-year old floppies recently?  No, I   
   >> thought not, most won't even have access to a floppy drive any more!   
   >   
   > Two months ago I booted a new VMware virtual machine from a virtual   
   > floppy, to install a new OS.  Booting from a virtual floppy (mapped   
   > to a *.flp file on the host) is not much different to booting from   
   > a virtual CD (mapped to a *.iso file on the host).   
   >   
   >   
   I did yesterday.   
   Had to repeat the test a few times, I think the floppy   
   reader heads were not very clean or the repeated read   
   cleared away some dust.   
   3'rth try succeeded (win 98 boot floppy).   
   Also tested a floppy floppy (the larger ones), worked fine.   
      
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