My Floppy Drive?

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tokey

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Should i keep this in my system or is it time to say goodbye to my trusty 8yr old asus floppy drive? my last build required me to actually use it when i thought about ending its life as a constant fixture in my case..... but its been in my system since i built my very first pc...... does anyone here actually have a 3.5inch floppy drive left they are running?
 
It's really up to you. If you don't use floppies that often, I'm sure you wont miss it anyways. Just keep it on a shelf, you never know when it'll come in handy.

I have 2 floppy drives sleeping in my hardware bins. I hook one of 'em on my PCs only when I need it (mostly for Partition Magic), to discard it right after.
 
^ +1
Keep it somewhere safe if its not in your PC.
You never know when you or someone you know might need one.
 
I keep a usb floppy drive sitting around for when I need it. Usualy takes me a good 10 minutes to find it when I need it but it does come in handy. Most of the time I use it is when I'm rebuilding a server or something and need it for the raid drivers. Haven't had a floppy in my system full time since like 97 or 98. Use to have one sitting around if I needed it though.
 
well i think its time to let it rest its had a hard long lifeand saved my ass on countless occasions lol its sad tho kinda like putting a pet to sleep lol but i guess i could break it out if needed. thing is its old and i doubt after it sits long it will work again ....... lol like i said 8 years of use. its the only thing that has actually lived from my first build lol i guess tomorrow i will remove it and hope it still runs when i need it
 
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