Floppy drive needed for a new system build?

[AmineD]

Im wondering if this is the case, according to my friend. In order to install anything on my new HD i would have to boot into dos and run fdisk in initialize the drive.

 

[mxnerd]

No, either XP or Vista will format your HD. No floppy drive required.

 

[996GT2]

The only time when you *might* actually need a floppy drive is if you want to update the BIOS on some motherboards, but most new motherboards allow you to update the BIOS via a USB flash drive.

 

[Blazer7]

In most occasions you can update the BIOS using a USB flash disk. However if you're installing XP and you need to load a driver during installation (F6) a floppy can come in handy. Other than that the floppy is pretty much useless.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yeah, like as in 3rd party SCSI drivers etc. a flippy is needed

 

[minmaster]

RIP floppy drive. long time ago.

 

[Marty502]

I haven't had a floppy drive since 2005, and I've done more reinstalls of Windows that I remember. Never needed it! I even flashed my BIOS from Windows.

 

[octopus41092]

No it's not necessary unless you have to install some form of SCSI drivers but then they usually allow using a USB flash drive or CD. Also, like they said BIOS updates for your motherboard may need it but I know that Asus allows you to do it from a flash drive or a CD.