Can I move a floppy from a Dell 8400 to an E520?

I'm probably getting a E520 system and wanted to know if I could
easily move the floppy drive from my Dell 8400 to the E520 upon
arrival? Likewise will the black faceplate I take off of the E520 fit
back in the 8400 where the floppy drive was located?

-Tracy

"Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1181955403.390196.304470@p77g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm probably getting a E520 system and wanted to know if I could
> easily move the floppy drive from my Dell 8400 to the E520 upon
> arrival? Likewise will the black faceplate I take off of the E520 fit
> back in the 8400 where the floppy drive was located?
>
> -Tracy
>


Yes and no.

You can pull the FDD from the 8400 and remove the (green) quick-release
rails and then mount it in the E520 w/o issue.

The faceplate/bezel blank for the FDD in the E520 will not fit into the
8400, however.

As an option, floppy drives can be bought retail very inexpensively (Dell
charges about $30 for one on a new system):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16821152005

http://tinyurl.com/ywy9v8

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FD-SN920-1


Stew

Stew,

Thanks for the help. I'm just trying to have my ducks in a row in case
I don't like Vista and want to revert back to XP with the SATA drivers
install.

I would just get a cheap USB external floppy drive.

Regards,
Hank Arnold

Tracy wrote:
> I'm probably getting a E520 system and wanted to know if I could
> easily move the floppy drive from my Dell 8400 to the E520 upon
> arrival? Likewise will the black faceplate I take off of the E520 fit
> back in the 8400 where the floppy drive was located?
>
> -Tracy
>

Yes, for the infrequent use that a floppy sees these days, a USB floppy drive is
just fine. Modern systems support booting from a USB floppy, too. The only
tiny drawback is that it is a dust catcher. One other plus is that it can be
shared among systems... Ben Myers

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:27:55 -0400, Hank Arnold <rasilon@aol.com> wrote:

>I would just get a cheap USB external floppy drive.
>
>Regards,
>Hank Arnold
>
>Tracy wrote:
>> I'm probably getting a E520 system and wanted to know if I could
>> easily move the floppy drive from my Dell 8400 to the E520 upon
>> arrival? Likewise will the black faceplate I take off of the E520 fit
>> back in the 8400 where the floppy drive was located?
>>
>> -Tracy
>>

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:25:17 -0400, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:

>Yes, for the infrequent use that a floppy sees these days, a USB floppy drive is
>just fine. Modern systems support booting from a USB floppy, too. The only
>tiny drawback is that it is a dust catcher. One other plus is that it can be
>shared among systems... Ben Myers
>

In MY case, I was going to sell an old XP system w/ floppy built-in
and get an ext. floppy drive instead but after I realized what it
might cost me overall, I decided it was more advantagous for the time
being to keep the system (even if antiquated as long as it can still
run xp) instead. And its still available to my home network so why
get rid of it. In time I'll get rid of all but maybe 1 or 2 pc's at
home and the rest will be laptops.

In general tho, I AGREE with your advice.