Is anyone using a floppy drive in new builds?

On Jun 3, 6:42*am, "tpow" <w...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> "TVeblen" <killtherob...@hal.net> wrote in message

> news:MLidnXmWI9exW97VnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..

> > Putting aside personal preferences, is there any reason to build using a
> > floppy?
> > I recall when I built my P4C800-ED machine with the hard drives on the
> > Promise RAID controller, the ONLY way to install XP was to write the
> > driver files to a floppy and hit F6 during the install to load them. Are
> > things different now?
> > (PS- I've got a box full of floppy drives, so the $15 is not an issue).
>
> for the cost I always add one...........

Quite. It only takes one situation where you could use a floppy to
make the zero cost worthwhile. (Old pcs all have free fdds.) And flops
are still useful for setting up w98 dual boot and transferring with
the occasional dino that doesnt do usb.

Floppy media may be unreliable long term, but so are CDs. With flops
its easy to detect errors, CDs less so.


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