When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk?

Flint · 10-19-2009, 05:56 PM

And I mean the 3½ inch, not the 5¼! Also, I should say, by "use" I do not mean: to level out uneven table legs, etc.

lumberjim · 10-19-2009, 06:00 PM

i looked some pics i found on an old one last year?

my new computer doesn't have an A drive.

Flint · 10-19-2009, 06:05 PM

Yeah, please vote.

I used one today, right now, to pre-load RAID drivers during an XP install. This still only can be done with floppy, apparently.

Pie · 10-19-2009, 06:53 PM

Well, we used a 5.25 in the last year as well. With an old original IBM PC.

Clodfobble · 10-19-2009, 07:04 PM

I would like to note that in my family (both parents in the computer tech industry) we never referred to the 3-1/2" disks as floppy disks. Because the 5-1/4" were actually floppy, you see, while the smaller ones did not flop, they were stiff. We called them "crunchy" disks to differentiate.

Yes, seriously.

mbpark · 10-19-2009, 07:57 PM

I just tried out my new old USB 3.5" floppy drive on my Dell at work today. No disk, but it worked.

Happy Monkey · 10-19-2009, 09:27 PM

RAID drivers.

mbpark · 10-19-2009, 09:32 PM

That's what I did last week...built another Ultimate Boot CD with the Intel flash update utility for their NIC cards so we can reboot the servers over the IP KVM and enable advanced networking features on them.

zippyt · 10-19-2009, 10:33 PM

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

ZenGum · 10-19-2009, 11:52 PM

Hey, it's FOUR and a half inches! and it isn't always floppy!

Oh, wait, disk. Sorry.

I have some at home, still have a machine to read them, don't think I've used one since ... 2005.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbpark

That's what I did last week...built another Ultimate Boot CD with the Intel flash update utility for their NIC cards so we can reboot the servers over the IP KVM and enable advanced networking features on them.

: blinks :

WTF did he just say?

Madman · 10-21-2009, 09:56 AM

My home PC went tits up a few months ago. The BOOT.INI file got corrupted and I had to recreate it so I needed to use the restore disk. Well, it didn't work, but I had created a bootable 3 1/2 and installed certain boot files (using attrib -r).

Anyway, I got it booted and got enough of the BOOT.INI file repaired to where it would recognize the partition and boot up. Then I used the Restore CD and repaired it all.

Sure beats the hell out of buying a new PC or paying out the ass to have it done. I know I make it sound like it took me just a wee-wittle-bit-O-time. The reality of it is that it took me about two weeks to figure it all out and another week to load everything back up (I do keep backups of important stuff like my wife's music, my wife's photos, my wifes document files, etc...).

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Madman

snip~ (I do keep backups of important stuff like my wife's music, my wife's photos, my wifes document files, etc...).

wolf · 10-21-2009, 11:30 AM

I have a whole box of them that I have to move to a more modern format.

Anybody got a portable 3.5 drive I can borrow?

Tulip · 12-06-2009, 11:26 PM

Was cleaning my room the other day and found these. :p Took a picture before trashing them.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2009, 11:55 PM

But they'd go for a fortune on Craig's List.

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

10-19-2009, 05:56 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk? And I mean the 3½ inch, not the 5¼! Also, I should say, by "use" I do not mean: to level out uneven table legs, etc. __________________ **************** 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**

10-19-2009, 06:00 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i looked some pics i found on an old one last year? my new computer doesn't have an A drive. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-19-2009, 06:05 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yeah, please vote. I used one today, right now, to pre-load RAID drivers during an XP install. This still only can be done with floppy, apparently. __________________ **************** 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**

10-19-2009, 06:53 PM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Well, we used a 5.25 in the last year as well. With an old original IBM PC. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-19-2009, 07:04 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I would like to note that in my family (both parents in the computer tech industry) we never referred to the 3-1/2" disks as floppy disks. Because the 5-1/4" were actually floppy, you see, while the smaller ones did not flop, they were stiff. We called them "crunchy" disks to differentiate. Yes, seriously. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-19-2009, 07:57 PM	#6
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	I just tried out my new old USB 3.5" floppy drive on my Dell at work today. No disk, but it worked.

10-19-2009, 09:27 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	RAID drivers. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-19-2009, 09:32 PM	#8
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	FreeDOS image for Intel Cards That's what I did last week...built another Ultimate Boot CD with the Intel flash update utility for their NIC cards so we can reboot the servers over the IP KVM and enable advanced networking features on them.

10-19-2009, 10:33 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	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 __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-21-2009, 09:56 AM	#11
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	My home PC went tits up a few months ago. The BOOT.INI file got corrupted and I had to recreate it so I needed to use the restore disk. Well, it didn't work, but I had created a bootable 3 1/2 and installed certain boot files (using attrib -r). Anyway, I got it booted and got enough of the BOOT.INI file repaired to where it would recognize the partition and boot up. Then I used the Restore CD and repaired it all. Sure beats the hell out of buying a new PC or paying out the ass to have it done. I know I make it sound like it took me just a wee-wittle-bit-O-time. The reality of it is that it took me about two weeks to figure it all out and another week to load everything back up (I do keep backups of important stuff like my wife's music, my wife's photos, my wifes document files, etc...).

10-21-2009, 11:30 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have a whole box of them that I have to move to a more modern format. Anybody got a portable 3.5 drive I can borrow? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-06-2009, 11:26 PM	#14
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Was cleaning my room the other day and found these. :p Took a picture before trashing them. Attached Images

12-06-2009, 11:55 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But they'd go for a fortune on Craig's List. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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