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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:21:06 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... I'm considering not putting a floppy drive in my new computer. I have a LAN and the other computers have floppies. Anyone see a reason why I should include one? Thanks. -- Scott I haven't used one in almost 4 years, there is nothing you need it for. except for installing drivers for my RAID controllers I haven't needed one. NOw if MS would just let you load them from a CD, during the install, I could get rid of my floppy but Noooo they insist on a floppy |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:16:45 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... Adding 3rd party hard disk drivers or raid drivers during setup You can add the drivers to a custom WinXP CD. How please? In fact, this is the smart way to do it since you can add all your drivers, plus you can set the switches so that you don't have to babysit the install. System recovery using partition magic, nortons, others. Partition Magic will recover from the install CD. Ghost is crap unless you do enterprise deployment, but the image disc itself is bootable. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:17:56 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... Copying a paper (five minutes from the deadline) from my laptop to a school computer, so I can print it out. Did I miss the part where the original poster was building a laptop? here try this Copying a paper (five minutes from the deadline) from my PC to a school computer, so I can print it out. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:50:26 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... Get one for sure. Only $10 and you will need it to upgrade your BIOS and for other purposes. No, you do not! This is no longer 1994. Any BIOS can be flashed from a CDROM/RAMDRIVE. Yes, even the new Asus ones that have the .exe file. DUDE give it up. There are reasons for a floppy. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:16:55 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... Floppies are dirt cheap and if you don't install it you will need it, sure as hell. Why? So far not one person has offered a valid reason. To who you? Yes you can work around them but it can be far easier to just have it from the start. |
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"Scott" wrote in message
et... I'm considering not putting a floppy drive in my new computer. I have a LAN and the other computers have floppies. Anyone see a reason why I should include one? Thanks. -- Scott At the end of the day, Apple Macs haven't had a floppy drive for years now, so I'm sure you could work around it somehow.. Dave |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:03:42 GMT, jaeger wrote:
In article , says... Wrong. There are situations where you might need it. Name one. There are Excel and Word files I work on at home and at my job. The computers at work have floppy drives and no cd writing capability. I need to have a floppy disk (and drive) to transfer these files back and forth. |
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"Ken Kauffman" wrote in message news:6ZUSa.16188$zd4.10961@lakeread02... I had blue screens in XP that erased my flashcard in the process. This has happened 3 times. Reinstalled OS and drivers took care of the bsods. ken k What drivers? There are none required for USB in XP. |
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At the end of the day, Apple Macs haven't had a floppy drive for years now, so I'm sure you could work around it somehow.. Dave I work in a Graphic Design studio and we had to buy an external floppy drive for our macs. Not everyone updates their equipment as fast as they should (or could) and floppy disks are still used daily. Most profitable businesses have a 7 year time period before they are due to update. Also most of my PC customers still use floppies (with hundreds of stickers on top of each other so you can barely fit it in the drive ) for small jobs sent to us. For a 'normal' PC user it is easier to use a floppy disk than create a Ram disk or a bootable CD. Most people could insert a floppy disk. I could only name possibly two people I know who could create a Ramdisk and only a few who could create a bootable CD. For the sake of a couple of packs of smokes, or a round of drinks an internal floppy is very worthwhile. Blakey |
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Anything better than Ghost, either free or paying.
"jaeger" wrote in message et... In article , says... Adding 3rd party hard disk drivers or raid drivers during setup You can add the drivers to a custom WinXP CD. In fact, this is the smart way to do it since you can add all your drivers, plus you can set the switches so that you don't have to babysit the install. System recovery using partition magic, nortons, others. Partition Magic will recover from the install CD. Ghost is crap unless you do enterprise deployment, but the image disc itself is bootable. |
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