How To Install Virtual Floppy Drive In Windows 7
Jul 13, 2012. Simplified x86/x64 Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD) is a virtual floppy drive that mounts image files (*.img) as new browseable computer resources. Requires: Win7/Vista/XP Downloads: 73244 times. You can mount a floppy image file as a virtual floppy drive and directly access the contents. You can mount a floppy image file as a virtual floppy drive and directly access the contents view, edit, rename, delete or create files on a virtual floppy, format a virtual floppy, launch a program on a virtual floppy. Almost anything you can do with a real floppy. Tested from WinXP (32bit) to Win7 (64bit). Portable, open-source.
The main download page for Virtual Floppy Drive is. It supports Windows 7 64-bit. But there are comments on the Sourceforge page saying it does not work in Windows 7 64bit.
One user (toantu) found a way and posted a comment further down. First copy the content of virtual floppy folder to C: temp.
Install Virtual Floppy Drive Windows 7 64 Bit
Download, install. Right click and choose run with administrator, select enable test mode, reboot, run it again with administrator, select sign a system file, type in C: temp vfd.sys. Go to C: temp folder, right click vfd.exe, choose properties, go to compatibility tab, select run this program in compatibility mode for XP and also select run this as an administrator, select driver tab, select browse, select vfd.sys, press install and start. Go to drive0 tab, select change, choose A for your drive, OK. Now select open/create, click create and hopefully your drive will be activated in Windows 7 64-bit. You must run all of the above with administrator right by the way, and make sure you have 64-bit version of 2 files vfd.dll & vfd.sys.
How To Install Virtual Floppy Drive In Windows 7
As was previously stated, ImDisk does work with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I tried VFD, and it works great in 32-bit, but it does not work in 64-bit.
I have even tried Critical0's fix and it doesn't work either, even though I am on an AMD machine. I am using a new six-core Black Edition CPU. I tried ImDisk, and it works great if you follow the directions to the letter. Do not venture off his directions. Once you get the command prompt in administrator mode, you're good to go, and it will stay working from that point on.
Also, it runs it as a service, rather than via some icon on your desktop, I like that much better than VFD anyhow. This way, it's always there if I want it, and I can run more than two virtual floppies or even CDs/DVDs. I used to use VFD all the time, so I know what I'm doing. I am a computer tech and an operating system creator, which is why I needed virtual floppies.
From there, I can take the floppy image and use it on a CD or whatever I want from there to boot off.