I had only success using a slim line Parallel port floppy with my olt Travelmate TM 312T Subnotebook.
2011/7/22 <[email protected]> > Hi Dicky > > I remember this question from a few months back, especially because I've > run out of space in my half height PC case too. > > The USB floppy drives simply aren't sophisticated enough to read > non-standard disks, and never will be able to either. In order to run > SamDisk you need to install an extra dll (I think?) to converse with the > floppy drive controller, and that isn't connected with a USB port. > > Sorry about that! > Howard > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Dicky Moore" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:38:26 +0100 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Accessing Sam formatted disks through a USB floppy drive > > Hey all**** > > ** ** > > Has anyone had any luck in copying Sam-formatted floppy disks to .dsk or > .mgt images using a USB floppy drive?**** > > ** ** > > Samdisk doesn’t support USB floppy drives and I’m not sure of any other > software that can do this. **** > > ** ** > > I’m trying to recover all the E-tracker music I created back in the day. * > *** > > ** ** > > I’m trying to find an app that will make an image of the floppy disk, which > then I maybe could mount that as a virtual floppy drive and samdisk could > then work. No luck so far. Anyone have any ideas?**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > ** ** > > Dicky**** > > ** ** > > --**** > > Dicky Moore | Bearcraft **** > > 07702 100 180 **** > > http://dickymoore.co.uk | http://bearcraftmusic.com**** > > ** ** >
