Q: How do I attach a floppy disk to a virtual machine (VM) with Windows Virtual PC?

A: The graphical interface to configure virtual machines (VMs) doesn't have an option to attach floppy drives. However, it's still possible through a script.

The script below attaches the floppy disk image (VFD) to the VM specified:

Set objVPC = CreateObject("VirtualPC.Application")Set objVM = objVPC.FindVirtualMachine("NT351")Set colFloppyDrives = objVM.FloppyDrivesFor Each objDrive in colFloppyDrives    retVal = objDrive.AttachImage("d:tempwin98sewin98ebd.vfd")Next

Change the name of the VM (NT351) and the VFD (d:tempwin98sewin98ebd.vfd) to match your values.

To detach run the following script:

Set objVPC = CreateObject("VirtualPC.Application")Set objVM = objVPC.FindVirtualMachine("NT351")Set colFloppyDrives = objVM.FloppyDrivesFor Each objDrive in colFloppyDrives    retVal = objDrive.ReleaseImage()Next

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