Installling from a floppy without a floppy drive

[jbraum]

I have a friend that wants to install a program (old) from a floppy without a floppy drive. Can this be done?

 

[Nodsu]

Well, you need a floppy drive somewhere to get data off the disk. Unless the installer insists on being on a floppy you can just copy the files on a CD or a hard disk or a flash drive and run the installer from there.

There are also many programs that can create raw images from floppy drives. Virtual floppy drive for Windows to mount the images: http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Using another PC, copy the file(s) onto a CD or USB key.
Alternatively, buy an internal floppy-drive or an external USB2-floppy-drive