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Re: Don't Kill The Floppy!
« on: August 31, 2007, 11:56:52 AM »
Count me in the floppy haters group.  Remember the agony of backing up my old BBS with 130 HD floppies.  Remember having to go back them for an install and finding bad floppies.  :cry:  Today, if I really need to back up something, it's going on a USB external SATA drive.  CD/DVDs are showing their age, but it's still an option for one shot data transfers like OS ISOs.  That way they won't get scratched up if they are used so rarely.

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Re: Don't Kill The Floppy!
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2007, 12:21:07 AM »
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You still need a floppy for SAFE bios upgrade  


If you have a modern ASUS mobo with XP, no floppy needed and it's very safe.  Might for a non-M$ based one though, haven't tried.

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