Transferring drivers from cd to floppy

[Shaun]

Is it possible to transfer printer drivers from cd to
floppy? I need to install a new printer on an old Dell
optiplex workstation that doesn't have a cd drive.

 

[shaun]

The number of floppys is not the issue. When I try to put
them on floppys it says the size of the disk is not big
enough and doesn't give me the option to put them on more
than one

 

[Thomas Ferguson]

Yes, it is possible.

1) Use a program that will do floppy disk spanning, i.e. will split the file
between disks and you copy the file(s) from the source machine to the
floppies and then reassemble them when the disk content is copied from the
floppies to the hard drive of the target machine.
WinImage
http://www.winimage.com/

2) Another possibility is WinRar. Create a multiple-file compressed archive
of the driver files. Make each part smaller than the floppy disk capacity of
1.44 MB. Copy each floppy to the same directory on the target machine's hard
drive and uncompress it using WinRar
http://www.rarlab.com/


3) Possibly the simplest - use a file split-reassemble utility like
ZipSplitter, FileSplit or File Splitter Delux
http://www.softandco.com/System/Files/Compression/a/10047/ZipSplitter.html
http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/
http://www.softdd.com/filesplt/

 

[Shaun]

Thanks alot

-----Original Message-----
Yes, it is possible.

1) Use a program that will do floppy disk spanning, i.e. will split the file
between disks and you copy the file(s) from the source machine to the
floppies and then reassemble them when the disk content is copied from the
floppies to the hard drive of the target machine.
WinImage
http://www.winimage.com/

2) Another possibility is WinRar. Create a multiple- file compressed archive
of the driver files. Make each part smaller than the floppy disk capacity of
1.44 MB. Copy each floppy to the same directory on the target machine's hard
drive and uncompress it using WinRar
http://www.rarlab.com/


3) Possibly the simplest - use a file split-reassemble utility like
ZipSplitter, FileSplit or File Splitter Delux
http://www.softandco.com/System/Files/Compression/a/10047 /ZipSplitter.html
http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/
http://www.softdd.com/filesplt/

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Tom
MSMVP PS-D





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