Vista - how to set up 2 floppy drives in vista unlitmate 32 bit version

yes i have an older p4 computer i just upgraded to run win vista and i have an asus p4b with a 1.6ghz northwood p4 cpu and i have 2 floppy drives installed but when i boot up only one floppy drive powers up both i have them both hooked up to the same ribbon cable i have a floppy ribbon cable set up for 2 floppy drives does floppy drives have jumpers like hard drives and dvd drives do? what do i need to do to get them both the power up when i boot up and one be floppy a and one be floppy b ? can any one help me out please thank you

kcak47mopr wrote:

You need to enable *both* floppy drives in the bios

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:57:27 -0500, kcak47mopr
<guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote:
All floppy drives are jumpered as drive 1. You use a floppy cable that
has a twist section (pins 10 through 16) between the two drive
connectors to allow both drives to be selected.
http://www.interfacebus.com/PC_Floppy_Drive_PinOut.html

in my moutherboards bios i dont see whare to set up the second floppy drive but asus said this mouther board will run 2 3.5 inch floppy drives and 2 5.25 inch floppy drives all on one ribbon cable witch the ribbon cable i have has both conctors on it for both 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch floppy drives

"kcak47mopr" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message
news:0d331e6c620b9e7a947ed7770514af8a@newsgroup-gateway.com...I have a 3.5" 1.44M "A:" drive and a 5.25" 1.2M "B:" drive working
correctly with my Vista Ultimate 32 bit.

Install the drive (which I gather you've already done) then enter BIOS setup
and configure both drives. If the hardware is OK and you get the
configuration right, they'll show up in Computer as you'd expect.

- Bill

"Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:AE595FE3-FDC4-4754-A74C-755183073B35@newsgroupJeeeze! I haven't SEEN a 5.25" floppy since about 1989.....what on EARTH do
you use it for?

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:#Pu3bU2NKHA.5128@newsgroupI don't know what he uses it for but my main use these days is to create
disks for my TRS-80 and CP/M systems and to transfer software from old
floppies to my emulators. I also have a few hundred copy-protected games
I like to play from time to time.

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <toml_12953@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:CE7E3953-E912-4AD5-8E2E-982E245B675F@newsgroupWow! Now we're talking! Haven't seen a CP/M box since 1989....

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:%23Pu3bU2NKHA.5128@newsgroupMostly recovering files from old backups.

And for installing old software into an MS-DOS 6.22 Virtual PC.

- Bill

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:eItdUj4NKHA.1268@newsgroupI have two stored, though I haven't powered up either in years. I do have a
simulated Altair (CP/M 2.2, 3.x, MP/M 2, MDOS, and a few others) running on
my Vista system, along with numerous Virtual PC installations (XP, ME,
MS-DOS 6.22, Oberon, Warp 3).