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| Thread ID: 106854 | 2010-01-25 21:45:00 | Faulty floppies. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 851878 | 2010-01-26 00:20:00 | I usually find its the often PC's old floopy drive that doesnt work when you need it. Ive got my one reliable drive on a safe place on my desk :badpc::badpc: | sroby (11519) | ||
| 851879 | 2010-01-26 00:30:00 | Yes, a good Floopy drive is hard to come by!:D:p | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 851880 | 2010-01-26 02:22:00 | You'd be surprised - Theres many times I personally have had to resort to floppies to fix customers PC's I used to, but mostly I use the USB thingy now woith DOS on it. Too many floppy failures. |
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| 851881 | 2010-01-26 04:14:00 | plus the fact that many comps don't even have a fdd these days! LOL | bevy121 (117) | ||
| 851882 | 2010-01-26 04:54:00 | I agree. I'm old and pretend to be useful at times.+1 | Pato (2463) | ||
| 851883 | 2010-01-26 17:27:00 | Biggest problem I find with using old floppy drives is that they haven't been touched for years, and as a result of the constant draw of air caused by the case fans, they are typically full of dust. The first floppy to get shoved into this filth is typically ruined by all the grime soiling or abrading the disc face. I have a bunch of hardware utilities that rely on a boot floppy, so I've always got a box of floppies at hand. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 851884 | 2010-01-26 21:46:00 | I use them a lot, BIOS updates, Memtest86+, HDAT2, other tools... if the machine doesn't have a floppy I use the CD alternative. USB is too much hassle, besides, I am using all my USB drives for other things... and half the computers can't boot USB properly anyway | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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