Floppy drives on computers dont have much use on the pc i use it for bios upgrades i could make a cd that boots and has the bios and bios flash software but my board has bios flashing software buit in you hold a key at bootup it can only read from floppy which is a shame.I would prefer to use a usb key or compact flash card as these are very small .on an amiga you need them otherwise you wont be able to install some software.and floppys dont always last long if they are not looked after. :-)