<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I have had success using USB to IDE adapters in the past, so was going to suggest that, you can do a total backup of the disk using something like CloneZilla. I have IDE drives you could clone onto if required (smallest is about 200M not sure if it will spin up, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> and others from 1.6G up </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">but ...)</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">If it is 25yrs old is it even IDE?<br><div><br></div><div>I thought I could still source a USB floppy drive, but apparently not, but If desperate I do have one that you could borrow, but not sure if the BIOS would support it if that machine is that old (USB was only introduced 20 years ago).</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Steve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Mike Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikesmith25@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikesmith25@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am after a working 1.44MB floppy drive if anyone has one to part<br>
with, also after a USB floppy drive as well<br>
<br>
I have been given the task of backing up a 25 yr old desktop running a<br>
custom program under MSDOS with no known backups and no working floppy<br>
drive hence the request for one<br>
<br>
I tried connecting the hard drive ( all 40MB) to a USB to IDE adaptor<br>
but it wont recognise it<br>
<br>
Any help appreciated<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
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