Floppy disk Question

keeptash · 06-16-2005, 11:26 PM

I was wondering if it is possible that when a floppy disk is inserted into a computer that the program within is active and begins to run without you ever having to click on it. Kind of like if there was a game and when i put the floppy disk inside it automatically opened itself. If this is possible please respond and teach me how

. Thank you very much

Steve

joshj · 06-16-2005, 11:31 PM

With Windows it has autoplay, so it should. There's not many games on floppies these days. What are you trying to get to run?

matthewr2_1 · 06-17-2005, 04:01 AM

Unless you're using a Mac, the computer doesn't know if there's a disk in it.

**dragon2309** · 06-17-2005, 01:07 PM

The only way that could happen would be with 3rd party software, and if you did find it then it would constantly have to keep checking the floppy drive for a s=disk, this would result in the floppy drive constantly making that grunting noise you hear. Easy to do with a CD but probably not with a floppy.

06-16-2005, 11:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
keeptash New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1	Floppy disk Question I was wondering if it is possible that when a floppy disk is inserted into a computer that the program within is active and begins to run without you ever having to click on it. Kind of like if there was a game and when i put the floppy disk inside it automatically opened itself. If this is possible please respond and teach me how . Thank you very much Steve

06-16-2005, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,420	The only way that could happen would be with 3rd party software, and if you did find it then it would constantly have to keep checking the floppy drive for a s=disk, this would result in the floppy drive constantly making that grunting noise you hear. Easy to do with a CD but probably not with a floppy. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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06-17-2005, 04:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
matthewr2_1 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: somewhere on Earth Age: 16 Posts: 17	Unless you're using a Mac, the computer doesn't know if there's a disk in it.