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Thread ID: 83474	2007-10-03 09:26:00	Help! My PC is in a coma	Eklypse77 (12650)	Press F1

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597603	2007-10-03 22:31:00	So there's no actual advantage removing the floppy drive connector except for perhaps a tiny bit of saved space. On the other hand, it's utterly pointless and there is no reason to keep it. What about if someone buys a new PC and still has all their data still on floppies ? I have many customers with that exact issue. Some have brought Dells ( enough of that :D ) and then they ask 'how do I read my floppy?" If the header is on the board, at least the option is there to attach a floppy if required. In fact I'm currently buildint two PC's for customers, both have asked if I can install the floppy drive. Might be a bit hard if the connector was not on the board ;)	wainuitech (129)
597604	2007-10-03 22:35:00	What about if someone buys a new PC and still has all their data still on floppies ? I have many customers with that exact issue. Some have brought Dells ( enough of that :D ) and then they ask 'how do I read my floppy?" USB floppy drive would easily fix that problem, I'm surprise you don't have one being a technician, so much easier than opening the case and mucking around with ribbon cables.	Pete O'Neil (6584)
597605	2007-10-03 22:46:00	USB floppy drive would easily fix that problem, I'm surprise you don't have one being a technician, so much easier than opening the case and mucking around with ribbon cables. I do have USB floppy drives, several in fact - but when a customer wants a floppy drive, and you tell them that a USB one is around $55-$60 and it plugs into the USB port, they normally say that may get lost if they take it out or they dont want another external device hanging from the PC. I tell them it would cost $15.00 for an internal floppy then no worries about losing it. No need to guess what they go for, takes all of about 3-5 minutes in time. Not exactly rocket science to install it.	wainuitech (129)
597606	2007-10-03 22:51:00	Just take there floppy disc with they're precious data, use your own USB floppy drive and copy it all across to a nice shiny CD or DVD. Its a stupid idea to have data stored on floppy drives, its an archaic storage medium thats only going to get less and less common as time goes on. Encouraging people to continue to store data on such a device should be criminal.	Pete O'Neil (6584)
597607	2007-10-03 22:59:00	Okay you work it out - I charge $15.00 for a floppy drive. Which the customer asked for. One of the customers has over 200 floppy disks, and others have around 100 + Now - charge out rate of $80.00 per hour x 200 floppies - Great for me to put all the data from floppy to CD's - but do you really think the customer would do that. DOUBT IT! :groan: How many hours would it take to transfer 200 floppy disks to CD? Yeah I agree that floppies are outdated, but some people will not change habbits no matter what you tell them. I personally dont use them that often, but they still have some uses sometimes. As long as the shops continue to sell floppies some people will still use them, some people just simply dont or wont change to a better media. I have seen many times when their floppy has failed, and explained why and suggested using CD's but they don't want to. Some I have talked to have seen the light and then transfer the data to a better media- but not all people will do that. I don't encourage the use of floppies - the exact oppersite actually. What do you suggest ? hold them at gun point and force them to change?	wainuitech (129)
597608	2007-10-03 23:14:00	Floppy disks are still used a bit....such as for RAID drivers and what not. Although I believe Vista can use USB devices during pre-installation.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
597609	2007-10-04 02:08:00	The last customer that wanted a floppy drive had a new Intel board without a floppy header. I gave them an external one I had lying around and they were happy. Modern chipsets don't even have IDE support these days although board makers tend to put a Jmicron chip in for it anyway for the DVD drives. The only reason IDE DVD drives should be made is for people with older PCs that don't have SATA.	george12 (7)
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