compress and copy

rhondas · 01-12-2006, 08:31 AM

or copy and compress ,I want to copy a windows 98 disk to a floppy to install on another computer that dosent have a disk drive but has a floppy is it possible to do this

**ceewi1** · 01-12-2006, 08:46 AM

First of all, wrong forum.

To answer you question, it's not possible. A CD is 650-700MB, whereas a floppy is 1.44MB. You'd need almost 500 floppy discs to fit an entire CD! Most of the installation files are already compressed, you can't compress them further.

You could always borrow the CD-ROM drive from another computer to install Windows, though.

rhondas · 01-13-2006, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ceewi1

First of all, wrong forum.

To answer you question, it's not possible. A CD is 650-700MB, whereas a floppy is 1.44MB. You'd need almost 500 floppy discs to fit an entire CD! Most of the installation files are already compressed, you can't compress them further.

You could always borrow the CD-ROM drive from another computer to install Windows, though.

can I use a drive from a pc ,will it plug into a dell lap top

[-0MEGA-] · 01-13-2006, 03:00 AM

Not if its an Internal CD-Drive, you would either need an IDE-to-USB adapter or an external CD-Drive. But this will only work if he has a USB port on his laptop.

computerhakk · 01-14-2006, 10:03 AM

no. you will have to need a cd drive on the latop. since the installlation will need the cd to be running while it installs and reboots.

rhondas · 02-11-2006, 01:02 PM

OK thanks I have a sony micro vault flash drive

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ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,123	First of all, wrong forum. To answer you question, it's not possible. A CD is 650-700MB, whereas a floppy is 1.44MB. You'd need almost 500 floppy discs to fit an entire CD! Most of the installation files are already compressed, you can't compress them further. You could always borrow the CD-ROM drive from another computer to install Windows, though. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: XFX 7900GT RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 1TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,413	Not if its an Internal CD-Drive, you would either need an IDE-to-USB adapter or an external CD-Drive. But this will only work if he has a USB port on his laptop. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

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computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,635	no. you will have to need a cd drive on the latop. since the installlation will need the cd to be running while it installs and reboots. __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

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rhondas Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	OK thanks I have a sony micro vault flash drive