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Does the application co-work with real floppy drives?

Applies to: RIDE 1.7 and later

Yes, it does. But as this application has been designed for Windows XP and above, you will also need a special driver to access the floppy drive. At this moment, the application mediates access to the following floppy controllers:

• Internal PC floppy controller, via Simon Owen's fdrawcmd (reading, writing, and reproduction of some errors). Read the driver's webpage on minimal requirements and installation.
• Keir Fraser's Greaseweazle V4 (reading and writing), Windows XP users must manually install and configure the usbser.sys driver that comes on XP SP3 installation CD. Python doesn't have to be installed!
• Software Preservation Society's KryoFlux (reading and writing). Read the driver's webpage on minimal requirements and installation. The proprietary DTC application doesn't have to be installed!

See also

• Can I use an HD floppy at place of a 2DD one?
• How do I open a real floppy using this application?
• How do I format a real floppy using this application?