Building PC, to floppy or not to floppy?

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

"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.

I second the 2 above.

Additionally I can tell this:

My friend insists on not having a need for floppy and he hasn´t got one
installed.
I happen to own a spare one which I keep in my desk. My friend there and
others have to bite the apple from time to time to borrow it.
You need a floppy.

The stupidest thing I´ve heard of are those Abit mobos without serial and
PS2. What do people do if they need to access their DSL modem via management
cable?
And a normal external 56K modem cannot be used without serial.

Best to have it all installed. Costs next to nothing.

Scott wrote:

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.

Failsafe BIOS upgrades...

Scott wrote:

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.

Failsafe BIOS upgrades...

"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

It's possible to build a PC without a floppy that is internal. Most
motherboards today support USB floppy. Thats what I use. I got Teac USB
floppy. As for PS/2 keyboard and mouse - these are all emulated through the
USB ports. You no longer need PS/2 ports. And you don't need serial ports
either as USB takes care of that. There are USB drivers for DOS that let you
take advantage of a mouse and keyboard or other USB devices. I try to avoid
DOS as much as possible. Crossing my fingers I haven't used it in the last 6
months. The onlything I need DOS is for Symantec Ghost 2003 which by the way
supports USB and firewire now. Do I use a PS/2 keyboard, mouse or serial
devices anymore? NOPE! All gone. Never had a problem. Although I keep my
USB floppy around in a bag somewhere. And it works just like an internal
floppy to boot! My .02

Matt

"Matt" wrote in message
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It's possible to build a PC without a floppy that is internal. Most
motherboards today support USB floppy. Thats what I use. I got Teac USB
floppy. As for PS/2 keyboard and mouse - these are all emulated through
the
USB ports. You no longer need PS/2 ports. And you don't need serial ports
either as USB takes care of that. There are USB drivers for DOS that let
you
take advantage of a mouse and keyboard or other USB devices. I try to
avoid
DOS as much as possible. Crossing my fingers I haven't used it in the last
6
months. The onlything I need DOS is for Symantec Ghost 2003 which by the
way
supports USB and firewire now. Do I use a PS/2 keyboard, mouse or serial
devices anymore? NOPE! All gone. Never had a problem. Although I keep my
USB floppy around in a bag somewhere. And it works just like an internal
floppy to boot! My .02


BTW. For a true USB solution - use a flash card reader and boot from it!
Thats what I do most of the time. The 1.44MB size of a floppy is not
important when booting with a CompactFlash card. As a matter of fact my boot
CF card is 256MB! Do you need a floppy nowadays? No.

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"Matt" wrote in message
et...
It's possible to build a PC without a floppy that is internal. Most
motherboards today support USB floppy. Thats what I use. I got Teac USB
floppy. As for PS/2 keyboard and mouse - these are all emulated through
the
USB ports. You no longer need PS/2 ports. And you don't need serial
ports
either as USB takes care of that. There are USB drivers for DOS that let
you
take advantage of a mouse and keyboard or other USB devices. I try to
avoid
DOS as much as possible. Crossing my fingers I haven't used it in the
last
6
months. The onlything I need DOS is for Symantec Ghost 2003 which by the
way
supports USB and firewire now. Do I use a PS/2 keyboard, mouse or serial
devices anymore? NOPE! All gone. Never had a problem. Although I keep
my
USB floppy around in a bag somewhere. And it works just like an internal
floppy to boot! My .02


BTW. For a true USB solution - use a flash card reader and boot from it!
Thats what I do most of the time. The 1.44MB size of a floppy is not
important when booting with a CompactFlash card. As a matter of fact my
boot
CF card is 256MB! Do you need a floppy nowadays? No.


There are quite a few reasons that pop into my mind to have a floppy drive
installed, however, the choice is yours.
If you can afford the $15 put one in.

yeah..generally, you don't need a floppy... but, you'd probably feel better
having one..just in case
you need to boot off one, or make a floppy with something on it for someone
else... if you stay in your
own world..then, not much need for a floppy drive... so long as you have an
alternative boot device to
your hard disk.

jeff

"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

wrote:
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

Floppies are dirt cheap and if you don't install it you will need it, sure
as hell.

--
Asus A7N8X deluxe rev. 2.0
AMD XP 3200+, 400fsb
Corsair XMS PC 3500, 512 meg x 2, dual channel mode
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 256 meg DDR

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:34:37 GMT, "Scott"
wrote:

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

If you're going to run Windows XP, and expect to be able to make an
ASR (automated System Recovery) file set, you WILL need a floppy
drive, as that is where the data for the file set is stored. I bought
my last Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop without a floppy drive, figuring I'd
use a USB jump drive. However, there is no way to complete an ASR set
without a floppy. Fortunately, I found a modular floppy for my 8200
on eBay for $19.99 (rather than the $89 that Dell wanted!).

Cheers