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death of floppys, zip disks, etc?

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theNEOone

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i picked up a 256mb lexar portable storage for $60 at the campus store, and have been using it for the past week. i can say that it's absolutely unrivaled in its usefulness. the advantage over floppy drives is clear, and the fact that you don't need to shell out $100+ on a zip drive or have any extra equipment is also ideal. of course, it's also tiny as hell. it's also platform independent. one of the computer labs i work at is full of mac G5s, and needless to say i can't use PC formatted floppys or zip disks. but the usb drive works perfectly, w00t.

i don't think i'll be using any other kind of portable media for a long time. now i'm just wishing i had dished out a little extra for the USB 2.0 version. 🙁


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I'd say they've been on the decline for a while.

I haven't had a floppy drive for months.

But I don't have one of those doohickeys. CDs are so cheap, I'll just burn one.. even if it's only for a few mb.
 
Yes, I find it incredibly useful too. The only downfall I've experienced is with some friends who have computers that don't have front facing or easily accessible USB ports which makes it a pain, but soon most computers will have front facing usb slots.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Floppy = BIOS flash tool

- M4H
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And media for digital cameras for web pics.
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Media for digital cameras??

They don't make newer cams that take floppies, do they? I thought only the older Sony cams did...
 
Floppy drives suck. Haven't had one in my computer since the last time I did a major overhaul (about a year ago). I've got a 64MB USB drive which rocks, and it's the only thing I use anymore for portable storage.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Floppy = BIOS flash tool

- M4H
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And media for digital cameras for web pics.
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Media for digital cameras??

They don't make newer cams that take floppies, do they? I thought only the older Sony cams did...
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POS Sony's they were😎.....I remember using one....maybe not POS then, but deinitely POS now
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Floppy = BIOS flash tool

- M4H
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aren't most mobo manufacturers allowing flash upgrades from within windows? i've had my asus board for over a year and it has a windows flash tool...


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Even Dell doesn't offer a floppy drive as standard equipment on their PCs now. Instead they give you the option of getting a flash drive instead of a floppy.
 
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Even Dell doesn't offer a floppy drive as standard equipment on their PCs now. Instead they give you the option of getting a flash drive instead of a floppy.
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why does dell matter here 😕
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Floppy = BIOS flash tool

- M4H
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Pretty much all I use my Inspiron's floppy drive for. Would be nice if Dell could enable USB drive booting. Never would need the drive again.
 
i used my floppy drive 5 times last week for transfering files to computers. waste of a CD if its a 30K file and why buy a USB drive when i allready have a floppy and a Zip drive. as well as a CDRW and a DVD +-R/+-RW
 
Originally posted by: Kaervak
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Floppy = BIOS flash tool

- M4H
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Pretty much all I use my Inspiron's floppy drive for. Would be nice if Dell could enable USB drive booting. Never would need the drive again.
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My shuttle box has USB booting, but then it wouldn't access my USB keyboard. Booted with floppy and USB keyboard found. 😕
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
How can people say floppy disks are going to die or that they should?
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Have you ever put critical data on a floppy disk and then had the disk fail on you? I have about a 1000+ dead floppies from those situations somewhere in storage for my records I can show you...collected over the past 3 years.
 
Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
How can people say floppy disks are going to die or that they should?
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Have you ever put critical data on a floppy disk and then had the disk fail on you? I have about a 1000+ dead floppies from those situations somewhere in storage for my records I can show you...collected over the past 3 years.
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half the time i got to put data on a floppy it is all ready dead and the other half it dies before I get to read the data.
 
Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
How can people say floppy disks are going to die or that they should?
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Have you ever put critical data on a floppy disk and then had the disk fail on you? I have about a 1000+ dead floppies from those situations somewhere in storage for my records I can show you...collected over the past 3 years.
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I guess you don't work with computers that are broken very often
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
How can people say floppy disks are going to die or that they should?
Click to expand...

Have you ever put critical data on a floppy disk and then had the disk fail on you? I have about a 1000+ dead floppies from those situations somewhere in storage for my records I can show you...collected over the past 3 years.
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I guess you don't work with computers that are broken very often
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and you would be wrong there sir.
I have to troubleshoot PCs and deal with several small business networks daily as well as performing basic data recovery as a service to my clients.

Thanks for playing, Come back soon!
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