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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 (alphabetically):

• 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.x (reading and writing), Windows XP pre-SP3 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?