Do you still use Floppy disks

0	I do every now and then because my old camera uses that instead of flim. From the late 90s when Sd cards weren't around.. floppy windows mac disk linux asked Jul 30 '11 at 21:18 Randy 891●71●82●93

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1	Nope. Haven't used them in years. answered Jul 31 '11 at 01:07 JordanV 4.1k●62●83●126

1	I would if I still had my MS-DOS games :P answered Jul 31 '11 at 17:31 ojmar 1.5k●31●38●63

1	Floppy what? Just kidding :) answered Aug 01 '11 at 01:08 DJ Scooby Doo 9.5k●237●281●380

Nothing wrong with them

I use them to update BIOS on motherboards.

answered Jul 30 '11 at 21:26

Jackster1337
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i don't know about your bios but asus bios updates now are larger than what a floppy disk will hold.

(Jul 31 '11 at 16:44) ChuckysChild

Then you split the update into multiple floppy disks. Remember the "Please insert Disk X" prompts?

(Jul 31 '11 at 17:23) kmark937

0	I was finally able to rid myself of them when I updated my camera a couple years ago. I had to use them a lot longer than I would have liked, I moved to flash drives about five years ago. answered Jul 30 '11 at 21:27 Xiro 4.4k●37●54●103

0	I still use them when I cannot use a bootable CDROM for clearing the Partitions on the hard drive Alsways good to have around still. answered Jul 30 '11 at 21:34 Compucore 2.4k●11●19●25

0	I do not own any computers that even have a floppy drive, but i do have to use them now and then at school answered Jul 30 '11 at 22:36 Master 18 546●28●31●44

i still have mine in the tower, but it is not connected to the mobo. i also disabled it in device manager, and in vm i also removed it. anything that might require a floppy these days can be done via usb.

answered Jul 31 '11 at 16:43

ChuckysChild
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How can you disable something in Device Manager if it isn't connected to the motherboard?

(Jul 31 '11 at 16:52) DazOwen

the floppy even when not connected to the pc still shows up in my computer. once you disable it in device manager it is then removed from my computer. i always thought it was funny that windows will show a disconnected piece of hardware.

(Jul 31 '11 at 17:07) ChuckysChild

Ha, really? I've never actually noticed that myself, you'd of though I would have considering everything.

That's kinda stupid.

(Jul 31 '11 at 17:13) DazOwen

Windows 7 still keeps the controller (and driver) active for floppies.

(Jul 31 '11 at 17:24) kmark937

0	Nope, I don't even remember the last time I used one. answered Jul 31 '11 at 18:43 josephtaylor1995 608●44●48●61

The company I used to work for still uses them every day for saving classified advertising from a DOS program to be read by modern software. Failure to see a need to upgrade is one of several reasons I no longer work for that company.

answered Aug 01 '11 at 07:18

WinfieldTodd
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One could really wonder about any serious company that would still be using floppies on purpose in 2011.

(Aug 01 '11 at 08:45) Xiro

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