superkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agoI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgimagemessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square219fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelattrommi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agojust in case someone sticks it in a working drive, add a file to the floppy named autorun.inf and add the following to it with a text editor: [autorun] open=Microsoft.Media.Player.exe icon=icon.ico while i doubt it will actually work, if it does, it would be quite hilarious in my opinion. there’s probably, hopefully, safeguards that prevent such a thing from working and i likely have the syntax wrong, i haven’t used windows in years.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t think autorun worked with floppy disks, only with CDs and USB units.
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t think the OS was sophisticated enough to tell the difference… A drive letter is a drive letter…
just in case someone sticks it in a working drive, add a file to the floppy named
and add the following to it with a text editor:
[autorun] open=Microsoft.Media.Player.exe icon=icon.ico
while i doubt it will actually work, if it does, it would be quite hilarious in my opinion. there’s probably, hopefully, safeguards that prevent such a thing from working and i likely have the syntax wrong, i haven’t used windows in years.
I don’t think autorun worked with floppy disks, only with CDs and USB units.
I don’t think the OS was sophisticated enough to tell the difference… A drive letter is a drive letter…