Most new PCs don't have floppy drives. If you need a floppy drive you have
two options, either buy an internal drive and fit it yourself (or have a
technician fit it) or, alternatively, buy a USB external floppy drive.
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"Steve Turner" <stevezygote@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am totally new to Vista. I just bought a new computer and it has an OEM
> version on the HDD.
>
> Well, surprise, surprise! I don't have a 3.5 floppy. I do on my old XP
> based machine. And I've got a lot of stuff stored on floppies. How can I
> access this in Vista?
>
> In addition, how can I boot from a floppy in an emergency when there IS
> not floppy?
>
> Thanks.