Solve : WinXP won't execute Stetup.exe from floppy disk?

1.	Solve : WinXP won't execute Stetup.exe from floppy disk?
Answer» I'm trying to install "Managing your Money Windows 1994 version" from a USB external floppy disk on my Gateway 3.4GHz system. When executing via control panel-&GT;add software or via the start->run windows everything appears to be normal. After hitting "OK" nothing executes and no ERROR messages appear. The floppy disk does nothing as if it was not there. Is there a compatibility problem between some older setup progs and the USB floppy interface? Quote Is there a compatibility problem between some older setup progs and the USB floppy interface? " I doubt such a thing exists. Have you tried other diskettes?Other disk work fine for document or picture files. I have another "HOME Office Accounting" program which does the same thing when using it's "install.com"...I'm wondering if it has something to do with the way the setup and install programs were written before USB ports. Both these applications came out during Win 3.1.Does the diskette work in a 'normal' FDD? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspxThanks to everyone for the excellent suggestions...I received an email from the Andrew Tobias website instructing me to copy the files from the floppy disks to a folder on my hard drive called "mym12" and then run the setup.exe. This worked perfectly, so I must assume the setup prog is not compatible with an external USB fdd. That I attribute to Gateway who no longer supplies fdds with their new systems. If I had known that up FRONT I probably would have purchased from a DIFFERENT vendor. I still have many floppy files from over the years that I have no intension of spending time copying to another type media. To answer some of the other responses, "I did not have another system with an interna fdd to try that solution." I used the copy method before receiving the compatiblilty mode suggestion. If I get a chance I'll try that on a laptop I plan to purchase. Again, many thanks to all.dolphin.....you might wish to consider installing a internal floppy in your Gateway ....I'm sure there is room for it and floppy drives are cheap. dl65 There should have been an error messge!

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I'm trying to install "Managing your Money Windows 1994 version" from a USB external floppy disk on my Gateway 3.4GHz system. When executing via control panel-&GT;add software or via the start->run windows everything appears to be normal. After hitting "OK" nothing executes and no ERROR messages appear. The floppy disk does nothing as if it was not there. Is there a compatibility problem between some older setup progs and the USB floppy interface? Quote

Is there a compatibility problem between some older setup progs and the USB floppy interface?

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I doubt such a thing exists.

Have you tried other diskettes?Other disk work fine for document or picture files. I have another "HOME Office Accounting" program which does the same thing when using it's "install.com"...I'm wondering if it has something to do with the way the setup and install programs were written before USB ports. Both these applications came out during Win 3.1.Does the diskette work in a 'normal' FDD?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspxThanks to everyone for the excellent suggestions...I received an email from the Andrew Tobias website instructing me to copy the files from the floppy disks to a folder on my hard drive called "mym12" and then run the setup.exe. This worked perfectly, so I must assume the setup prog is not compatible with an external USB fdd. That I attribute to Gateway who no longer supplies fdds with their new systems. If I had known that up FRONT I probably would have purchased from a DIFFERENT vendor. I still have many floppy files from over the years that I have no intension of spending time copying to another type media.
To answer some of the other responses, "I did not have another system with an interna fdd to try that solution."
I used the copy method before receiving the compatiblilty mode suggestion. If I get a chance I'll try that on a laptop I plan to purchase.
Again, many thanks to all.dolphin.....you might wish to consider installing a internal floppy in your Gateway ....I'm sure there is room for it and floppy drives are cheap.

dl65 There should have been an error messge!

Solve : WinXP won't execute Stetup.exe from floppy disk?

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