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How many people still use floppys?

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Yes, for all the above reasons, plus it is a highly compatible medium and quick for a small file transfer from comp to comp. Click "save to floppy" and you are done, no writing leadin/leadout/verification/etc. When used within it's limitations, it is still the best way to do certain things.
 
Yep, but I wish mobo makers would make a USB port a bootable location so I could just buy a single USB floppy drive or buy an external case.

 
I have floppy's in both my PC's. Occasionally, I use them. Boot to DOS, Win9x sometimes for various reasons. Sometimes, for file transfers.
 
BIOS flashes, Spinrite, troubleshooting, quick file transfers for PCs that don't have a front-panel USB port (that, and I can't ever find the ONE USB thumbdrive I have. I have floppies everywhere.)
 
I have a floppy installed in my newest system only to load the SATA drivers the first time. Once I slipstream them onto a Win/XP disk (this weekends project) I will get rid of the floppy and use the USB key I have for moving files.
 
Originally posted by: dug777
heh-for those among u who still have ur floppy connected but think u don't use it-unplug it & put it away in a drawer somewhere...then u'll discover xactly how useful it is 2 have the floppy drive 😛

Even with a network it's usually a damn sight easier 2drop ur word doc on a floppy (always nice not 2have 2 root around under a desk trying 2 shove a chunky usb thumb drive into a dusty & ill-lit usb drive!) and take it around with u-from personal xperience there's nothing more annoying that walking all the way over 2the lab 2 do some printing only 2 discover the network is playing silly buggers with u 🙁
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Do you not have front or top access USB? If so, get a new case. Hell, I have two front access USB ports, and 4 built into my monitor. I don't lack for easy places to connect my peripherals.
 
Still use the floppy to transfer a file quickly although my new 1GB USB flash memory is very handy. I use floppy for bios flash and to boot a failed system.
 
Sure do. I can't install Win95 from floppies without one. It also comes in handy for BIOS flashes now and then. :laugh:

The number of people I know who have lost important data by backing up with a floppy is amazing. They leave them inthe bottom of a desk drawer with bits of dust, cookie crumbs, etc and wonder why they can't get their budget information back 10 months later. "What do you mean the disc is bad? I thought floppies were good for backing up."
 
I still use floppies to save my documents for school research reports and projects.🙂. They are handy, easy to carry and are very verstile, though not like cds.😉
 
I use both floppies & USB memory drives.

Both have their uses.

For non-geeks unlike us though, there is no need for floppies anymore.
 
I use a floppy and a usb drive. Consider this: I am 15, in a journalism class and need to hand in my articles on a floppy. Do I risk handing in a usb drive so that the teacher loses it? I don't feel like spending another $20. Floppies are great for school use, when you need to hand in a project or something like that. Ofcourse I can use a CD, but why waste CD's for something so small as a word document?
 
Nope, no need for one. I have a 512MB Thumb drive. And I would not hand my prof a USB drive either. Tell him to copy it to his comp while you are with him and get it back. Or burn it to a CD.

You should clarify: Use a floppy or own a floppy. I know LOTS of people that have a floppy in their computer but have not one floppy disk. They are going to be obsolete soon, if they aren't already. Kinda sad to see them go...they're kinda cute, in their unreliable way.
 
Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
I use one at least once a week for ghost disk backups and rarely for other stuff like bios updates or utility programs.
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I use floppies but not to run Ghost. Ghost loads and runs very slowly when run from a floppy. I run Ghost from a CDR - only way to fly. It's tricky making that Ghost CD but once you have it you'll treasure it and never run Ghost from a floppy again, trust me.
 
still use one from time to time bios,drivers etc as mentioned by others...good for projects the kids want to do at home and take to school.

besides its not like its taking up a port thats useful for anything else...a better question would have been . Do you actually know anybody who has an a:\ and a b:
dan
 
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