To: Fzob
Older computers still require a floppy disk for OS installation. Had to buy a usb floppy drive a couple of years ago.
11 posted on
12/07/2013 9:13:17 AM PST by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
As did I. Nice that they are still available for around $20. There are things I like about the 3.5” floppy. Durability and ease/cheapness of mailing for one thing. The CDs require about $2.10 extra for postage, case and padded mailing envelope. Yeah, you can send them in a plain envelope and take a chance that they won't get there intact . . . or will be stolen. But NOBODY steals 3.5” floppies.
20 posted on
12/07/2013 9:37:33 AM PST by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: dhs12345
It struck me as odd some years ago when I upgraded to Win 7 64 bit it would not take just any exterior CD drive. I had to buy a Samsung CD to get it to work because Samsung had developed the new drivers.
But my 20 year old exterior floppy drive worked with the new program. So perhaps some of that is going on, floppy drives survive the updates and require no new drivers.
39 posted on
12/07/2013 10:10:27 AM PST by
angry elephant
(Endangered species in Seattle)
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