Bryan, Not sure where that information came from!
My USB floppy works fine on my Note books PC under Windows 7. I often use it in conjunction with QPC, although it is also used directly from Explorer under Windows 7. I can also use the floppy from a VMWare VM with no issue regardless of what OS the VM is running. I wonder if that information is due to the fact that most modern machines will not allow for booting from a floppy by default (not unreasonable as they no longer have a drive fitted by default). To enable booting from a USB floppy will nearly always require the BIOS settings on the PC to be adjusted from the defaults, but I have yet to encounter a PC that does not allow that as long as one knows what you are doing. Dave Walker Tel: +44 (0)1707 652791 Mob: +44 (0)7999 218953 Web: http://www.itimpi.com Skype: itimpi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:ql-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of BryanHorstmann > Sent: 23 August 2011 16:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7 > > On 23/08/2011 01:56, Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Snip. > > > > I have no floppy disc, so I've got no idea if a VM will allow me to > > access the floppies or not. > > I've got a USB floppy as I have a lot of material on floppies and it is > OK on Vista and Ubuntu (under VMware). But i'm told that W7 has no > floppy support. Can anyone confirm this? > > Bryan H > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
