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Thread ID: 110030	2010-06-01 05:34:00	Surplus 3.5 disks	Thomas01 (317)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1105610	2010-06-01 05:34:00	I'm making a real effort to clean out junk and I have a drawer full of old 3.5 disks - I was pondering - has anybody heard of a use for these - I hate throwing stuff away and am not even sure if it goes in the recyclable bin or not. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
1105611	2010-06-01 07:21:00	The disks are probably dead by now - We used to have a big stack of floppy disks at work until we needed one & found that only 2 in about 50 disks actually worked.	Greven (91)
1105612	2010-06-01 07:25:00	Better odds than Parliament ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1105613	2010-06-01 08:24:00	I just last weekend had a clean out and chucked out heaps of 3.5 and 5.25 disks .	paulw (1826)
1105614	2010-06-01 23:15:00	I reckon I am getting the message that there is no use for these old disks. Unlike old CD and DVD disks which are effective at being used to scare off birds. But are the 3.5 disks to go in the recyclable or dump bins? Years ago I was lucky with my old 5.25 disks. Somebody turned up at my door - he had just bought an old computer and needed some disks - he had heard I had some and could let him have a few. I sent him off with about 100 new ones and rather more used ones. He went off staggering down our path muttering something about "I only wanted a few!"	Thomas01 (317)
1105615	2010-06-01 23:54:00	I assume you are talking about 3.5" floppies? I could always do with more of those, if you're willing to send them my way...	Agent_24 (57)
1105616	2010-06-02 00:03:00	We might give our 3 . 5" drive to eDay this year and the 5 . 25" drive if not already done . Back in the days diskettes were cool, I still have a box of SKC not used . They even came in a hard plastic box :D I don't really use much CDs or DVDs, I just use HDDs . Too many files and files that can be downloaded no point cos they get revised . BlueRay hasn't come down in price thou I prob won't use it other than movies, well that's for the lounge only, cannot remember when I watched a movie on my computer . USB sticks does it for me these days . . .	Nomad (952)
1105617	2010-06-02 00:28:00	I have about 10 or more 3.5 disks lying around. Don't know why as my computer dose not even have a 3.5 drive. :)	Trev (427)
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