Xian Saint 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 The floppy drive...is getting phased out...slowly but surely... Macs havent shipped with them for awhile. Laptops are starting to not come with them. Home PC's are losing them. USB Thumbdrives can store hundreds more. Gone are the days of "boot disks"...when gamers had custom boot disk for their games... Is the floppy drive dead? I thought so... 'til I bought a laptop without one...I have the USB Thumbdrive...I have a zip drive...but man...I couldn't live without that floppy...why I need something that will save to 1.44 MB I don't know...but had to break down and buy an external USB FDD... Old habits are hard to break I guess... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 i agree i still have a floppy tho ive never used it in this pc even doing a bios flash i use Q flash now. but i jsut cant seem to build a pc without one old habits die hard i guess Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruin 17 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 I only have one because drivers for simpler devices (NIC card for example) some on them. If they ALL came on CD, I'd never have wasted the $8 on a floppy, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NYR_32 6 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 I have a floppy in my rig...haven't used it once since I built the machine LOL!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Ranger 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 I'm still running FDDs on all my rigs. Although true that most computers now do not need the storage interface a 1.44MB drive provides, you might want to hang on to them. For instance, let's say you want the capability to have more than 4 total integrated IDE devices (the current limit for motherboards). You've got the option to purchase a controller card, such as a PCI SATA or IDE, to extend and/or relocate storage space. 9/10, manufacturers that produce these cards have their drivers initially on a floppy disk. Reason is, if you're doing a clean install of an OS, you need to specify additional controllers during Setup. This is where you would press the "F6" key during the Text-Mode portion of Setup. As far as other components, most manufacturers are getting pretty good about putting their drivers on CD. But some still keep 'em on 1.44MB storage disks, such as drivers for an Ethernet adapter, or USB Host. For $10, I'd still keep 'em around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I use it to get documents and assignmenst to skool, the Email is always buggering up, so i use both. USB flash drives are to expensive, and do get stolen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I use it for small, quick transfers, and for a boot manager for my multi-boot system, so as not to clutter up MBR's with boot managers. They aren't used as much anymore, but they do have their uses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I still use them quite a bit. I put alot of text documents and links on them (incase I lose/delete them). Also I use them for throwing a few pics on them I find for my bro. I mean, theres no need to put 10 pictures weighing 1.25mb on a700mb CDR and wait several minutes for it to burn, when I can throw them on a floppy and give them to him then take back the floppy. My most ambitious project was porting a 30+mb mod on several dozen floppys. *Remember kiddies: It's always important to have a spare CDR when you need it, but enough Floppys will do the same job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schenkanator 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I still use mine. Floppy discs fit in shirt pockets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I still use floppy disc's... Only because the school doesn't have a cd burner on all the new P4, 2.66 GHz Dell computers. Bastages... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XavierOnasis 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 This is coming from the point of view of someone who uses their computer often, but doesn't tinker with it. There is nothing a floppy can do that my pen drive can't. At 128 megs, it can move all but the biggest files. It fits nicely on my keychain. I don't have an FDD on my laptop, and I don't miss it at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swarm 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I just use mine for small things. A picture, word document, small computer game, and the like. With that said though I'll be lucky if I use the FDD once or twice a month. I belive FDD's and FD's will continue to be used till the small "Pen Drives" are much more affordable (I know I can't but one right now). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NurFACE 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I use the floppy quite a bit at work. I walk around with a boot floppy for password retrival and removing virus (welch,blaster). I have them on CD and network drive but some CD rom drives have trouble reading CDR and network isn't available vlan jail if virus is found. I stick in my floppy with virus removal tool and safe mode. Floppy small but can get the job done in a jam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VMC Max Slaybaugh 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 dead as a door knob in my book i just keep all my files on CDs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kamakazi 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I use Mini CDRs mostly Still tryin to find some Mini CD RWs so I dont have to use a seperate disc each time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VMC Max Slaybaugh 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 i did have a zip drive but then i found an easier way to save more files on one disk and that was using CDs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteKnight77 1 Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Istill use floppies to carry small files back and forth from the PCs in the library to home. No burners in the Dells the county bought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueRose_76 0 Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 My most ambitious project was porting a 30+mb mod on several dozen floppys. Yeah man, splitting files, i frikkin know that. Thats a piece of art. Im hobbying this old p1-133 labtop, no cdrom. Floppies still rules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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