Usb Floppy Manager V1 40i Download
Silvina Spindler
Swap your legacy diskette drive for the new USB floppy drive! From now on use reliable USB Sicks instead of vulnerable diskettes! Up to 100 floppies can be stored on one single USB Stick! In the wake of constantly advancing USB technology, especially USB memory components, legacy floppy disk drives are gradually being phased out.
- The old floppy disk drive is replaced 1:1. The connections are identical, so no further changes have to be made.
- The USB Stick at the USB Floppy Emulator replaces the old diskette entirely. USB memory components have long life spans and high capacities.
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- The contents on 100 floppies can easily be placed on one single USB Stick. That saves a lot of time and costs!
Hello. I installed Usb Floppy Manager 1.40i from Philcomputerlab's website on my main Win11 machine. I run it as admin, but no matter what i do it permits me to format any flashdrive, no matter the size, with "ACCESS DENIED" popup.
Then i bring my old Win7 laptop, install it there and everything worked like a charm. I formatted the usb, save some files on 3 virtual flloppies, and then put the usb back into my main rig. Now the Usb Floppy Manager sees all the 100 floppies, but whenever i try to save anything anywhere it goes "ACCESS DENIED" again.
I was thinking, maybe it has to do with some policy restrictions on Win11? Denied access to floppy drives in gpedit.msc? I have a Win11 Home version btw.
Firewall restrictions? (but he seems to be quiet)
The 3 body problems cannot be solved, neither for future quantum computers, even for the remainder of the universe. The Proton 2D is circling a planet and stepping back to the quantum size in 11 dimensions.
It is possible, I didn't pay attention. I have recently been using 2 FAT32 partitions on USB external SSD. There is an interesting thing, XP does not see SSD at all, dos/win98 yes. Dos boot is caused and the extended partition can be seen.
If you're using the stock GoTek firmware (and *NOT* FlashFloppy), you can get around the software issue by formatting the USB drive in the Gotek itself. (If your GoTek has a knob, it's probably running FlashFloppy and the thoughts below won't apply.)
If I recall, insert a USB drive you don't mind erasing and hold both buttons at the same time for a few seconds. It will format the USB into the 100 partitions.
You can then connect a GoTek to a modern PC using a "USB to Floppy" adapter, it will present each slot to Windows as one drive at a time. Then, block copy software (such as WinImage) can be used to write an image file to the selected floppy slot on the GoTek without needing the GoTek software.
Personally, I switched to the FlashFloppy firmware for my GoTek and never looked back. With FlashFloppy, you can read any image file directly on modern machines and copy the image files to a USB drive in Explorer as regular files, skipping the conversion/block writing steps. FlashFloppy doesn't require any special software on the PC to read/write the images But I find HxC Floppy Emulator to be helpful if I want to make a.disc or edit an image.
So, my aunt, saint that she is, bequeathed me her Viking Designer 1. for free. no moneys. totally free. with all it's enormous hoops. Coming from a Brother SE400, i'm totally overwhelmed!
It has some drawbacks, like the fact that to get designs onto it you have to use their proprietary software (which I haven't tried to install yet so I don't know if i'll be able to get all my fun Urban Threads designs onto it) and the fact that I actually had to purchase a USB floppy drive - because heck if i had a computer left with one of those in the house!
It seems to be in good condition, although it's missing a few parts and desperately needs servicing, which I'm having done in the upcoming weeks.
Anyone have any experience with this series, and have any tips, tricks, gripes or fangirl/guying to do?
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jibbidibbi edited this topic ages ago.
Hi--I had a D1 and it's a great machine. When you take it in for service, check into getting the machine updated to accept a USB stick as opposed to the floppy. It would be worth the money to do so, especially since your aunt gave it to you for no cost. You didn't say which software you have-hopefully it won't be too stressful to install.
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An update!
I have the machine and it's gorgeous. I had it serviced and they replaced some little bits and bobs, and it's ticking away like a pretty little clock.
It was missing several parts - the foot pedal, the accessory tray, presser foot "S", etc. I've managed to replace most of them. They're expensive as heck. I'm leaving the accessory tray out, because it's $150 and I think i can live without it, having just spent $170 on the foot pedal.
The software was VIP Professional. There isn't a way to upgrade it - they don't support it anymore. It will only work an a 32 bit system, so my husband set up a virtual machine for me and put an old version of 32 bit XP on it.
Unfortunately, the dongle is dead. Absolutely dead. Not "not reading" - actually dead. The light doesn't even come on it. Viking has told me they can't replace it, so I'm just out some really, really, really expensive software, which sucks.
An unfortunate problem with the Viking Designer 1 is that you need special software just to get the designs TO the machine, either USB or Floppy (i stayed w/floppy to save a few bucks). You can't just plop a DST on the floppy and load it. It has to be added to a menu and in SHV format, which I don't find a lot of places.
At first I was using the 30 day trial of Embird to do this, because it will. The machine complains that the disc wasnt made by Viking and they're not responsible for anything stupid that happens.
The Viking dealer lady, who knows I can't afford $2,200 software (or $1400 online, or wants to spend $500 just for the edit-only version) told me that they have a free software called Communication. I couldn't find it on their site anywhere, so I contacted their software support. They provided me with a link.
If you end up going this route, I'll save you some time and tell you the 6D communication software wont write Designer 1 discs unless you buy it, but the free 5D communication software will. It will, however, only put 1 on a disc at a time and erase the disc every time it does it XD
So now I'm out expensive but old digitization software, but up one expensive machine in badass condition for a little under $500 in repairs and accessories, the most expensive of which was the foot pedal (after shipping it was slightly more than the service, although the dealer quoted me $300 for the foot pedal : I bought one online instead.)
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jibbidibbi edited this topic ages ago.
I appreciate your IT know how. I have spent the last 3 years, 'being one' with watercolour painting. Lesson 1: Do not pack away complicated electronic sewing machine for longer than your memory can handle. I broke the bank paying $6,000 on the Designer 1 with floppy, 5 years ago and loved it. The notion of such a great company abandoning it's product updates so soon, floors me.
I dropped a screw down into the arm which now turned mine into a pinball machine. Cannot get inside to remove it seemingly without stripping off the entire body.
Better luck with yours.
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So glad I came across this discussion. I have a Designer1 that is about 11 years old and I haven't used the embroidery portion since my old computer died (about 6 years ago). Thanks soooo much for mentioning both virtual machine and the companion software option. One of these days I'll find the time to get it back together and actually start using the embroidery portion again.
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If you have access to the 3D, 4D or 5D Disk Manager software - it is a stand alone package and you don't need a dongle - it will write to your D1 floppy disk and write lots and lots and lots of designs in one hit. I wish I could help you, but I gave my older software away a few years back. You might be lucky and get it on eBay or other online place, but do ask at a Husqvarna dealer - they might have a CD squirreled away in the back room somewhere that they could kindly let you have. Failing that, there are third party software options which are not at all expensive. Sew What Pro (Sands Computing) is around $70 and has the ability to write to a floppy disk in .shv format for a Designer 1 machine. Other options are Embrilliance and Embird both of which can write to a D1 floppy disk and are heaps cheaper than the proprietary Husqvarna software, and none of those three requires a dongle. They are all available as an online download and can be tried for free before purchase. Let Google be your friend! There is also a truly excellent Yahoo Group just for the Designer 1 machines. Members of the group have heaps of experience with the machine and are friendly and helpful. I traded my Designer 1 for a Ruby which I love, but I sure wish I'd kept the Designer 1 too. She was a little beauty!
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