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Does anyone know off the bat where I can find 5.25 inch diskettes 1.2mb. I have gone everywhere today trying to find some for an old, but working, 286 I just acquired yesterday & everyone says they are discontinued. I went to Office depot & asked a salesperson if they carried them & he replied "I didn't know there where still computers around that used those." Any help will be appreciated.
Go to imation.com and look under products. Don't know if it's still there but at one time they did list their retail partners. Some of those still sold the 5.25 disks. You can usually get them cheaper at your local thrift store.
Summary: Yes I have had problems reading old 5.25 floppies. I wanted to load win 3.1 onto an old 486, but the disks were far to damaged. As for your case you might try and changing the size of the of the dri...
Summary: First please check and advise if they are hard (many small holes) or soft (one small hole) sectored. To check the small hole(s) I refer to, turn the floppy itself and watch the hole in its cover near ...
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