Floppy Drive from one Laptop into Another Laptop

Hi,

The floppy drive, part # 261848-001, in my 1997 (abt.) Compaq Presario
1060 laptop is bad and there is no replacement available. Note: I service
TVs, etc., rarely computers. I have a floppy drive from another model Compaq
laptop, not the same part number, but it could fit in the space occupied by
the original. What is your opinion?

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

On 9/13/06 11:26 AM, in article (E-Mail Removed),
"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The floppy drive, part # 261848-001, in my 1997 (abt.) Compaq Presario
> 1060 laptop is bad and there is no replacement available. Note: I service
> TVs, etc., rarely computers. I have a floppy drive from another model Compaq
> laptop, not the same part number, but it could fit in the space occupied by
> the original. What is your opinion?
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>

In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at their
part numbers when I change one out.

Don

Don Bowey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:C12DB6C3.42FB1%(E-Mail Removed):

>
> In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at
> their part numbers when I change one out.
>
> Don
>
>

Be careful if you work on PS/2s. Very little was standardized in those
not even the floppy drives!

Puckdropper
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Agreed the floppies are probably the same but the actual priority device
that reads and writes to them are different depending on manufacturer,
sometimes model numbers, etc. That is, a floppy drive unit from a SONY will
not work in a DELL, nor a Old HP in a new Compaq.
"Puckdropper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Don Bowey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:C12DB6C3.42FB1%(E-Mail Removed):
>
>>
>> In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at
>> their part numbers when I change one out.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>
> Be careful if you work on PS/2s. Very little was standardized in those
> not even the floppy drives!
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Wise is the man who attempts to answer his question before asking it.
>
> To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

On 13 Sep 2006 21:14:42 GMT, Puckdropper wrote:
> Don Bowey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:C12DB6C3.42FB1%(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at
>> their part numbers when I change one out.
>
> Be careful if you work on PS/2s. Very little was standardized in those
> not even the floppy drives!

Yep. I remember that the PS/2 either inverted the meaning of the
write-protect slider, or totally ignored it.

( For you kiddies reading this and wondering:
( No we are not speaking of the Play Station 2.

Jonesy
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Don Bowey ((E-Mail Removed)) writes:
> On 9/13/06 11:26 AM, in article (E-Mail Removed),
> "Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The floppy drive, part # 261848-001, in my 1997 (abt.) Compaq Presario
>> 1060 laptop is bad and there is no replacement available. Note: I service
>> TVs, etc., rarely computers. I have a floppy drive from another model Compaq
>> laptop, not the same part number, but it could fit in the space occupied by
>> the original. What is your opinion?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Brad
>>
>> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
>> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>>
>
> In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at their
> part numbers when I change one out.
>
> Don
>
But does that apply to laptops? They often do use proprietary parts,
which is why extra parts are often so expensive. It likely also
depends on vintage, the further back in time the more likely it is
a unique device to that laptop.

Michael

As posted earlier, the media, the 1.44 floppies are universal, however the
actual mechanical drive assemblies are proprietary, even in some cases
machine to machine in the same manufacturer. You will require the correct
device to fit back into the Compaq Laptop.
"Michael Black" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eea4nk$s2d$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don Bowey ((E-Mail Removed)) writes:
>> On 9/13/06 11:26 AM, in article (E-Mail Removed),
>> "Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The floppy drive, part # 261848-001, in my 1997 (abt.) Compaq
>>> Presario
>>> 1060 laptop is bad and there is no replacement available. Note: I
>>> service
>>> TVs, etc., rarely computers. I have a floppy drive from another model
>>> Compaq
>>> laptop, not the same part number, but it could fit in the space occupied
>>> by
>>> the original. What is your opinion?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, Brad
>>>
>>> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
>>> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>>>
>>
>> In my opinion all 1.44 MB floppies are the same. I don't even look at
>> their
>> part numbers when I change one out.
>>
>> Don
>>
> But does that apply to laptops? They often do use proprietary parts,
> which is why extra parts are often so expensive. It likely also
> depends on vintage, the further back in time the more likely it is
> a unique device to that laptop.
>
> Michael
>
>