The Slow Painful Death of the Floppy

thecreeper · 05-13-2005, 04:53 PM

I just really want them to die. After spending 2.5 hours trying to make a linux bootdisk on two different computers at school only to find one floppy drive corrupted and the other was able to complete the boot but unable to actually run it, I had about enough of them.

johnny · 05-14-2005, 09:12 AM

i think calling floppy disks unreliable is a bit of an exaggeration. they work just fine.

Metallistar · 05-14-2005, 09:45 AM

The last 4 or 5 computers I've built didnt have floppies in them by request. Like creep said flash memory is the future. I just use cases with front mount usb and firewire.

raublekick · 05-14-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny

i think calling floppy disks unreliable is a bit of an exaggeration. they work just fine.

i agree, i've never had a problem with them. whenever i need a floppy for a bootdisk i just grab the closest floppy that's been sitting on the floor or crammed away somewhere collecting dust.

thecreeper · 05-14-2005, 12:53 PM

i dunno, i've had problems with them a lot. i mean, 85% of the time, they are fine for me, but that's 15% has lost a lot of information for me. and many of the computers at college destroy floppies simply by trying to write to them. i'll be glad when they are gone.

raublekick · 05-14-2005, 01:08 PM

sounds like you just have shitty computers at school
::shrugs::

thecreeper · 05-14-2005, 01:55 PM

yeah, you could say that. pentium III's for the comp sci department and top of the line p4's for the english department? what the fuck.

GT2000 · 05-14-2005, 02:29 PM

Yeah, I still try to keep a floppy in my main machine, for bios flashing and stuff, plus ya never know when you'll want to boot into Dos for a little nostalgia...

05-13-2005, 04:53 PM	#1
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	I just really want them to die. After spending 2.5 hours trying to make a linux bootdisk on two different computers at school only to find one floppy drive corrupted and the other was able to complete the boot but unable to actually run it, I had about enough of them. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

05-14-2005, 09:45 AM	#3
Metallistar Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wakeman, OH Posts: 320	The last 4 or 5 computers I've built didnt have floppies in them by request. Like creep said flash memory is the future. I just use cases with front mount usb and firewire. __________________ 1997 GTP & 1998 GTX http://www.metallistar.com

05-14-2005, 12:53 PM	#5
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	i dunno, i've had problems with them a lot. i mean, 85% of the time, they are fine for me, but that's 15% has lost a lot of information for me. and many of the computers at college destroy floppies simply by trying to write to them. i'll be glad when they are gone. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

05-14-2005, 01:08 PM	#6
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	sounds like you just have shitty computers at school ::shrugs:: __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

05-14-2005, 01:55 PM	#7
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	yeah, you could say that. pentium III's for the comp sci department and top of the line p4's for the english department? what the fuck. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

05-14-2005, 09:12 AM	#2
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i think calling floppy disks unreliable is a bit of an exaggeration. they work just fine.

05-14-2005, 02:29 PM	#8
GT2000 Playing God @ Your Xpense Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Va Beach, Va Posts: 2,040	Yeah, I still try to keep a floppy in my main machine, for bios flashing and stuff, plus ya never know when you'll want to boot into Dos for a little nostalgia... __________________ Hop in, strap down, and hold on tight.