When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk? - Page 2

DanaC · 12-07-2009, 05:16 AM

I think the last time I used a floppy disc (3 1/2) was about four or five years ago. It had some drivers on it and I * was reinstalling XP. My current computer, which I've had for about 3 years, doesn't have a floppy drive.

*I wasn't really reinstalling. J was reinstalling for me and I was fannying about with old discs to see what was on them.

Alluvial · 12-07-2009, 08:09 PM

I still have some of those too!

Elspode · 12-07-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

I have a USB floppy drive in my lap top bag ,
and I Keep a spare A drive in my truck ,
some time I have to reload Old programs and some of the existing A drives go SQUISH when you put a floppy in them

Kind of like an old woman who hasn't had anything in her slot for a long time, either.

richlevy · 12-13-2009, 12:48 AM

I think within the last year. I also have a USB external floppy disk drive. I still have a lot of old files on disk that I haven't used in ages. I'm thinking of transferring and burning to a CD or DVD and getting rid of them.

My shredder will shred CD's and DVD's, but obviously not 3 1/2 floppies. But pull out the metal shield and snip the film with a scissors, and they are secure against any low level identity thief.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 01:20 AM

Pile 'em in the street, douse 'em with diesel fuel, torch 'em, while dancing around naked, except body paint/feathers. If anyone objects, babble about freedom of religion, the Constitution, and Sarah Palin.

bluecuracao · 12-13-2009, 01:09 PM

Zip disks count as floppies? I'm pretty sure I was still using those at my job 10 years ago.

I have old portfolio work stashed on 3.5" disks and a zip disk or two...why I keep them, I do not know. I can't look at the stuff on them, and wouldn't want to either!

richlevy · 12-13-2009, 02:41 PM

At my tech school, I was in one of the last classes to compile programs using punch cards. At my first job one of my jobs was to change over a department that was processing rejected punch cards by hand to a using a report.

I am, however, too young to have used paper tape, which was like large ticker tape.

I don't remember if I ever used an 8" floppy disk.

Not only do I still code in COBOL, I am the same age as COBOL!

Flint · 05-05-2010, 11:59 AM

Another floppy day. Pre-loading RAID drivers, making ASR discs.

GunMaster357 · 05-06-2010, 04:28 PM

I'll have to use one on Saturday to update the BIOS on one of my PC.

In fact, that is the last thing I use them for.

tw · 05-07-2010, 08:55 PM

Why are 8" floppy disks not part of the discussion? My first floppy disks were 8". Anybody use paper tape?

Flint · 05-07-2010, 09:06 PM

OMG, tw has an 8 inch floppy.

tw · 05-07-2010, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

OMG, tw has an 8 inch floppy.

Hard now. Floppy later. Technology marched on.

skysidhe · 05-08-2010, 12:29 AM

5 years ago or so. I have a bunch of poetry on one or two. They just sit there gathering dust too.

DangerouslySimple · 05-08-2010, 12:56 PM

LOL- I voted without reading the first post. I voted thinking a floppy was the old big ones as well... not the ones that didn't "flop." Mine should prob be within the last five years I would guess. We used to use them a lot in school before they installed (LOL) Zip drives. Then everything switched over to zips. Stupid.

zippyt · 05-08-2010, 02:05 PM

Hey NOW !!!

View Poll Results: When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk?
Within the last DAY	3	7.14%
Within the last WEEK	1	2.38%
Within the last MONTH	1	2.38%
Within the last YEAR	9	21.43%
Within the last 5 YEARS	15	35.71%
Within the last 10 YEARS	9	21.43%
Within the last 20 YEARS	2	4.76%
I have NEVER used a 3½ floppy!	0	0%
WHAT IS a 3½ floppy?	2	4.76%
Other (Specify)	0	0%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

12-07-2009, 08:09 PM	#17
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	I still have some of those too! __________________ “My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” - Louis Adamic

12-13-2009, 12:48 AM	#19
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I think within the last year. I also have a USB external floppy disk drive. I still have a lot of old files on disk that I haven't used in ages. I'm thinking of transferring and burning to a CD or DVD and getting rid of them. My shredder will shred CD's and DVD's, but obviously not 3 1/2 floppies. But pull out the metal shield and snip the film with a scissors, and they are secure against any low level identity thief. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-13-2009, 01:20 AM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pile 'em in the street, douse 'em with diesel fuel, torch 'em, while dancing around naked, except body paint/feathers. If anyone objects, babble about freedom of religion, the Constitution, and Sarah Palin. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-13-2009, 02:41 PM	#22
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	At my tech school, I was in one of the last classes to compile programs using punch cards. At my first job one of my jobs was to change over a department that was processing rejected punch cards by hand to a using a report. I am, however, too young to have used paper tape, which was like large ticker tape. I don't remember if I ever used an 8" floppy disk. Not only do I still code in COBOL, I am the same age as COBOL! __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-13-2009, 01:09 PM	#21
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Zip disks count as floppies? I'm pretty sure I was still using those at my job 10 years ago. I have old portfolio work stashed on 3.5" disks and a zip disk or two...why I keep them, I do not know. I can't look at the stuff on them, and wouldn't want to either!

05-05-2010, 11:59 AM	#23
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Another floppy day. Pre-loading RAID drivers, making ASR discs. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-06-2010, 04:28 PM	#24
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I'll have to use one on Saturday to update the BIOS on one of my PC. In fact, that is the last thing I use them for. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

05-07-2010, 08:55 PM	#25
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Why are 8" floppy disks not part of the discussion? My first floppy disks were 8". Anybody use paper tape?

05-07-2010, 09:06 PM	#26
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	OMG, tw has an 8 inch floppy. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-08-2010, 12:29 AM	#28
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	5 years ago or so. I have a bunch of poetry on one or two. They just sit there gathering dust too.

05-08-2010, 12:56 PM	#29
DangerouslySimple Resident Denizen Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 63	LOL- I voted without reading the first post. I voted thinking a floppy was the old big ones as well... not the ones that didn't "flop." Mine should prob be within the last five years I would guess. We used to use them a lot in school before they installed (LOL) Zip drives. Then everything switched over to zips. Stupid.

05-08-2010, 02:05 PM	#30
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Hey NOW !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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