Using Floptical Disk Drives with Windows 95

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SUMMARY

If you are using a floptical disk drive with Windows 95, you should note the following items:

In Windows 95, floptical disk drives are supported only by real-mode ASPI drivers.
Floptical disk drives controlled by the BIOS are not supported.
You must format floptical disks from an MS-DOS command prompt using a vendor-supplied formatting tool (such as C Format or EZSCSI). Windows 95 will recognize only partitioned media.

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Microsoft Windows 95

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