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ultimatejester
10-21-2003, 09:11 PM
Yes, I like floppies and I'm scared without one.

Yes, but only because other people who use my system can't live without them.

No, I'll use one of those USB mini-storage devices.

No, floppies suck.
o_ICEMAN_o
10-21-2003, 09:14 PM
Originally posted by ultimatejester@21 October 2003 - 22:11

Yes, but only because other people who use my system can't live without them.


:rolleyes:
toddiscool
10-21-2003, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by ultimatejester@21 October 2003 - 16:11
Yes, but only because other people who use my system can't live without them.


Never know when you will need, and how much do they cost now? 10 bucks. Actually I think that I have 5 or 6 in my closet.
AcID ZeR0
10-21-2003, 09:16 PM
Yes, I like floppies and I'm scared without one. B)
ultimatejester
10-21-2003, 09:18 PM
Originally posted by AcID ZeR0@21 October 2003 - 21:16
Yes, I like floppies and I'm scared without one. B)
same here. I have laptop now that doesnt have a Floppy drive :( :angry: . I will never ever get rid of Floppy drive in future
Kunal
10-21-2003, 09:18 PM
yes ill put a floppy drive in, can get em for £4.50!
Virtualbody1234
10-21-2003, 09:20 PM
No, floppies suck.

No more for me. I can do everything I need other ways.
Cygnuz-Y
10-21-2003, 09:31 PM
I wont either...

BTW i dotn know if my actual floopy works, is just in my PC Case but windows doesnt recognize it...
3rd gen noob
10-21-2003, 09:39 PM
i don't have mine in just now...can't be bothered getting rounded ide cables so it'll fit
better airflow without it anyway
Xanex
10-21-2003, 09:44 PM
Yes, I like floppies and I'm scared without one

This is the closest I could find that matched my view, its more a compatability since I use a lot of other pc's where they cant read cdrw's and i dont want to waste a cdr or the file im saving isnt too big.

Not all OS's or Mobo's support CD booting and for somethings with XP and 2K can ONLY be solved with a win 98 boot disc.

=)
Btw make this an official poll
clocker
10-21-2003, 10:09 PM
Nope.

Like tits on a boar.
DWk
10-21-2003, 10:14 PM
when i was buyin the pc i got right now...i gave the idea of not buyin the floppy some time... but i got it finally and i realized its still needed :D

DWk
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:25 PM
yes cuz theyr cheap, and all comps have them, but not all comps have a usb
Triadcool
10-21-2003, 10:27 PM
Yes, I like floppies and I'm scared without one.
Marius24
10-21-2003, 10:29 PM
for me its one of those things you cant live with, yet cant live without :blink:
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:40 PM
they're too fucking slow to use, and too small, but like i said, not all comps have usb
skelley521
10-21-2003, 11:12 PM
Yes, but only because other people who use my system can't live without them.

My wife still has a few devices that use them and I still put small programs and $pecial note$ on them for friends as well.
sparsely
10-22-2003, 12:41 AM
I'll probably put one in, even though I never use the damn thing...
unless I have somthing else that needs the real estate in the case.
Keikan
10-22-2003, 01:57 AM
Most likely because the school's comps don't have cd drives :blink:

or else i'd cd-rw it
boyzeee
10-22-2003, 02:42 AM
yeh i will prob always have a floppy, i use a few programs for diagnosing and low level formatting hard drives that run from floppys, also i use various windows boot discs to boot dodgy drives out of pc's i workin on that ive put in mine to sort out. you could put a smartcard reader in place of a floppy drive if you got a gaping hole! ;)
uNz[i]
10-22-2003, 07:38 AM
Yes, but only because other people who use my system can't live without them.


...and I find Floppies handy when you just need mobile storage for small text or zip files.
blackhatknight
10-22-2003, 10:57 PM
Mine busted a while back; went nearly 6 months without replacing it, had a few problems though (most of my drivers are on disc) and eventually gave in a bought a new one.

I think the ease RW on floppies but is pretty hard to do without sometimes has any got a jazz disc in their system - how did it work? Are they a viable alternative???
Mïcrösöül°V³
10-23-2003, 03:37 AM
abso-fuckin-lutely, in case you ever need to flash your bios or virus recovery. sides, they cost..like what......2 bucks!?
apunkrockmonk
10-23-2003, 06:34 PM
Originally posted by ultimatejester@21 October 2003 - 21:11
No, floppies suck.
its not the price... its the waste of space and they're an eyesore and i NEVER use them
Rocktron
10-23-2003, 06:44 PM
Hell yeah!

I need the damn thing. A few days ago i had to update my BIOS.
It needed a bootdisk to be created to update it.
A bootdisk for any reason (a clean virus check etc.)

But anyways.., a pc would look stupid without one&#33; <_<
And one would be stupid for not installing 1&#33;
lynx
10-23-2003, 07:12 PM
I&#39;ll still keep one for a while yet, as others have said it&#39;s useful for transferring small files to friends, and creating specialist boot disks. But I think I&#39;ll start creating a multi-option bootable cdrw for that sort of thing pretty soon.

It&#39;s a shame the LS-120 drives didn&#39;t take off, since they could use ordinary floppy disks as well as the higher capacity 120MB disks. I feel sure that if they had got off the ground when they first came out (about 8 years ago?) we would now have versions with capacities will into the gigabytes. Instead there are ZIP drives which have a special size which no-one else makes disks for, and consequently are relatively expensive.
Busyman
10-23-2003, 09:41 PM
My next system will not have a floppy. I can&#39;t remember the last time I used it on my current ones.
ooo
10-23-2003, 09:49 PM
yea... i still buy it even tho its like 9 bucks :(

better then opening up nero and then clicking all those stuff to burn into a cdrw... after the burn is complete it takes like 1min before the cd is done... good for transfering word files or stuff between computers, even tho a USB pen is pretty good these days too
MetroStars
10-23-2003, 10:58 PM
i wudn&#39;t use my floppy drive at all if it wos not 4 college...

there easy 2 put assiments on and always gud 4 saving porn pics on...
darkewolf
10-25-2003, 02:56 AM
Originally posted by lynx@23 October 2003 - 19:12
It&#39;s a shame the LS-120 drives didn&#39;t take off, since they could use ordinary floppy disks as well as the higher capacity 120MB disks. I feel sure that if they had got off the ground when they first came out (about 8 years ago?) we would now have versions with capacities will into the gigabytes. Instead there are ZIP drives which have a special size which no-one else makes disks for, and consequently are relatively expensive.
Floppy drives suck...they are slow, noisy, and dont do much. But with all the formatting, and diagnostics that I&#39;ve had to be doing on this machine lately, it&#39;s earned it&#39;s worth.

Yeah, too bad about those LS-120&#39;s. I had one, and I liked it, up until the disks degraded over time, and wouldnt hold a FAT anymore. BTW, mine wasnt too great at reading regular floppy disks.