Re: samplitude installation problem

thanks guys for the ideas, will try asap, greg

"Laurence Payne" <NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com> wrote in message news:1m6gs3lp02j72b2pbcjhkfl3jb8831ojel@xxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:26:31 GMT, "Gregory" <wengr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hello, I'm trying to load my old samplitude 24\96 circa 1999 onto my laptop.
the program has an installation cd, and also a floppy that needs to be
inserted during the process. well as the laptop does not have a floppy A:
drive, I have copied the entire contents of the floppy to an SD card but no
luck. any ideas? thanks in advance, greg

This MAY work, depending on what Samplitude is looking for on the
floppy.

Use Wordpad to create a text file on your desktop named drivea.bat
The contents should be:
subst a: c:\drivea

Create a folder in drive C of your computer called drivea.

Go to a computer with a floppy drive. Make sure it is set to display
System Files and Hidden Files. Copy the contents on some convenient
medium to c:/drivea on your computer.

Double-click drivea.bat on your desktop.

If that doesn't work, buy an external USB floppy. The one I have here
installs as drive A:

.

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