[AccessD] OT: I'm old

I have a feeling (but could definitely be wrong - memory and all that!) that
if you only have ONE physical drive and you do copy a:*.* b: it will  prompt
you to insert the next floppy disk in the physical drive when it has read
the first floppy disk.

Max


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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
Sent: 06 February 2009 19:11
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old

The answer for Windoze XP is a resounding "No" I suspect. Could be wrong of
course, but I'm sitting in front of a machine that does have a floppy drive
(though I've never used it for anything), and the 'Change Drive Letter and
Paths' dialog does not offer me drive A or B to choose from. That's probably
because having a floppy, which is A, drive B is reserved for when you do
something like

Copy a:*.* b:

Which will result in A having a schizophrenic interlude.

I just checked this out by disabling the floppy drive in the BIOS. After
rebooting, a peek ad the drive management screen reveals...

Roll of drums...

A and B are still not available. So MS has just decided that floppy drives
are an essential legacy support item. :-)

Lambert


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:53 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old

LOL.  And that does bring up an interesting question.  If machines don't
have floppies at a: and B:
any more, could we move the CD drives to there?  For ages I have routinely
moved them to J, K and L just to get them up out of the way, but I now
install a floppy drive just as long as required to load my raid drivers,
then uninstall them again.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


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