Random Poll: Do you have a floppy drive on your newest PC?

[jadinolf]

Yep. Four computers and all have floppies.

No, I don't use them

 

[j00fek]

not since like 2002

 

[radioouman]

My newest PC is a laptop, and it doesn't have one, unless you count my USB floppy drive. My desktop still does.

 

[Special K]

My desktop does because my onboard Intel RAID needs drivers from a floppy disk. Is there any way to put these on a USB key and have windows read from the USB drive when it prompts you for 3rd party drivers?

 

[2Dead]

Yes, had one lying around so I put it in. Used it to run memtest86 for new memory and flash the bios on my motherboard. PC built in '05.

 

[Patt]

Nope ... have access to a USB floppy drive if required, but nearly everything that used to go on a floppy is now on my USB key(s).

 

[Kelemvor]

Yes but my newest PC is pretty darn old.

But we don't have them on any PCs at work any more.

 

[ch33zw1z]

no floppy, usb floppy if needed

 

[deerslayer]

Yes.

I've used the same case for the last 3 or 4 computers. I would take it out, but I don't know where the face plate is to cover the hole. I can't remember the last time I acutally used the floppy drive.

 

[Tremulant]

Nope. Built the computer 2 years ago, didn't put a floppy in. I haven't had the need.

At work I occasionally need a floppy drive, but it's usually only once or twice a year.

 

[Captante]

Yup ... for $5 the occasional easy boot into DOS for a BIOS flash or XP-RAID driver for re-install is worth it.

My bet is my current PC will either be the last or maybe 2ed-to-last time I install one though.

 

[Mellman]

yup - use it all the time for bios flashes and firmware upgrades. built my pc myself. until there is better usb floppy or usb thumb drive support i'll always have a floppy in my boxes.

 

[Mucho]

I recently bought a Dell without a floppy.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

None of my computers have a floppy drive.

- M4H

 

[Golgatha]

I think I'm finally ready to give mine up, but I still have one in there. I do find the parallel, serial, and IDE ports completely useless in my computer now however; even more so for IDE now that there are decently priced DVD burners on the market. My floppy drive does get the occasional love for the good old F6 RAID drivers and BIOS updates though. However, the BIOS updates could be performed from a flash drive and the RAID drivers could be slipstreamed into a custom install disc, so the floppy port could go without much disruption in my life.

 

[ABitTooSpicy]

latest comp is an upgrade on an old one...
basically everything new except the case, the power supply, the cd/dvd burner, and old a$$ floppy drive

 

[eplebnista]

Yes. I have used the same floppy for the last three rebuilds(and still use it every once in a while too).

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: yowolabi
I keep a usb floppy around, just for loading sata drivers in XP. What a pain in the a$$ that the drivers won't load from a cd. I haven't had a floppy installed in my computer since about the year 2000.

Why decided on this "feature" of not being able to load drivers from anything except a floppy?

 

[mercanucaribe]

I don't even trust a floppy disc with BIOS firmware!

 

[MotionMan]

Yes. It is even black so it matches the case.

MotionMan

 

[zerocool84]

I have one only for BIOS flashes like others do but it's sitting in my garage all the time. I just have a USB Thumb Drive for anything else.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Nope, my Macbook doesn't have one. Actually, my desktop I built in October 2005 doesn't have one either.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

nope

and i dont plan to install any hardware that may require me to load drivers from a floppy.

download drivers ftw

 

[eLiu]

Yup. It'll be a while before I build a machine without a floppy, though to be honest USB thumb drives can do everything I'd want to do with a floppy. I even have a USB floppy drive, yay. Actually this box doesn't have CD drive (broke) and I never bought a DVD drive I share my laptop's dvd drive over the network if I need one.