re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 2:31 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by herb (27 messages posted) Thank you for the helpful suggestions. I use Nero for burning, BUT - copying the disks to a CD-ROM is not the problem.....Even if all Disk 1 thru Disk 5 are copied onto a CD, in its functioning, the end of Disk 1 (on the CD) is still looking for "Insert A:/disk2" .... not E:/disk2... (see the difference?)...and the end of Disk 2 is looking for "Insert A:/disk3" ...not E:/disk3... etc. .... Obviously on a new laptop, there is no "A:/". ... so, the installation on the CD stops and does not proceed to Disk 2 which is copied onto the CD. ....I've also tried copying from the CD to a directory on the laptop labeled Disk 1, Disk 2, etc. That doesn't work either. It also doesn't explain why the .DLL files are not copied over to the CD (when they can be copied to another 3.5 using Disk Copy), and when all the rest of the files are copied.... Thanks again. (by the way, the pgms work on XP, so I have to assume the Compatability Mode would suffice to work on Vista, as well....///////////////////// On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 6:21 am, Charlie Hadden wrote: >First I agree totally with Martin about the viability of older programs being used >with Vista. You may be able to access some of them in the 'Compatibility Mode', but >that has gotten more and more feeble as the years go on. You May have some success >finding a 'Virtual Machine' program which is a software version of a computer you >run within Windows that will permit you use of older software. > >That being said, I doubt that MS is stopping you from copying files. It is more likely >your method or software used to do the copying. Realize that what you have desvcribed >would be some sore of copy protection that would be quite old and probably no longer >even evaluated by Windows. Try to find a suitable program like "Nero" (you would >have to purchase) or possibly "Disk Copy" which is free at the link I have listed >below. This type of software is more suitable for your purpose as it is dedicated >to that purpose. >http://www.tucows.com/preview/206988 Written in response to: re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Charlie Hadden: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 6:21 am) Responses to this message: re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Charlie Hadden: Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 3:46 pm) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Stu Mulne: Friday, June 20, 2008 at 1:57 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (herb: Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 12:07 pm) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (MartinM: Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 2:31 pm) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Charlie Hadden: Wed, Jun 18, 2008, 6:21 am) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (herb: Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 2:31 am) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Charlie Hadden: Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 3:46 pm) re: Installing 3.5 disk pgm on a new Vista laptop (Stu Mulne: Fri, Jun 20, 2008, 1:57 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum