Summary: You should be able to use any floppy drive. If the face of the drive is part of the case, just take the face and button off the floppy drive you wish...
Summary: I have a comment/question in your original post you said the floppy was connected to the motherboard with a 'tape' connector. If you mean the cable ...
Summary: It sounds like it's trying to boot from the hard drive. Try disconnecting the hard drive. Then see if you can boot up the Compaq floppies that create ...
Summary: adding to what x86 said, there IS NO "bios" program onboard most of Compaq's motherboards. You must have the Compaq floppie(s) to boot and run the bi...
Summary: Jerry, how many cd rom drives are in this computer you are trying to restore? Some helpful tips from someone who has restored more than a few Compaq's...
Summary: can any one help me..... when i am running NTBACKUP it is showing my compaq SDT9000 tape drive offline and not connected where as drive is connected p...
Summary: I have a Compaq server and Compaq DLT tape drive. I upgraded my NT to Service Pack 4 and also upgraded my Exchacnge to the latest Service Pack. After ...
Summary: No problem! All you have to do is install your floppy as a "tape" drive... - Go to Control Panel - Now choose "Tape Devices" - Select "Detect". Your...
Summary: This page for taper claims you don't need to erase with SCSI or floppy tape drives, unless you have a floppy tape and ftape version <3.03. ...
Summary: If you have another computer with a good floppy drive and a CD drive, you don't need a large number of floppy disks. Using the method of installing f...
Summary: CP Backup - Central Point Software. I believe CP Backup was part of Central Point Utilities. The software was a replacement for that provided by vari...
Summary: >>>Nothing happens except it sounds like the hard drive spins a little bit (maybe it stops then?). I have disks for the A drive but it never looks the...
Summary: Obviously your parts collection is pretty sparse. I wouldn't bother with a tape drive because new tapes are relatively expensive and you need the pro...
Summary: The compaq floppy drive should work OK in the acer if you get it connected right. Try to use the floppy cable from the compaq. Most cables will hav...
Summary: This looks like it I think Right ?? Brand Compaq Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy Form Factor Mini Tower Hard Drive Interface DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)...
