How long before floppy drives are unsupported?

robfosters · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:00

When I got my new mobo the other day, I was quite surprised to still find a floppy connector and cable packaged with it.

Is there any use at all for floppy discs anymore? I can't think of anyone who uses them.

How long before they are gone from our lives for good?

Buchanan0204 · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:14

What board was it?

The Asrock?

Moeks · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:26

Well I haven't used one for the better part of a decade now I would think, at least not in a personal capacity. It's hard to say how much longer they will be around, but I can imagine it may be as much as another 10 years before they disapear from the computing landscape entirely.

lrlcr · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:44

I still use them in the lab, we have archaic machines that run from a command line interface and the only way to get data off is with a floppy. It's a massive ball-ache.

Steves1982 · 5 Dec 2011 at 17:58

Didn't bother putting one in my last build. Can't remember the last time I used a floppy, probably back at school in 2000!

decto · 5 Dec 2011 at 18:03

I have a usb floppy now. Handy for the odd bios update on older boards.

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Dec 2011 at 18:34

USB devices are now becoming popular in CD/DVD/BR/FLOPPY. I havn't used any internals since back in 2007 now.

andy_mk3 · 5 Dec 2011 at 20:02

Brings me back to the days of primary school where everyone had their own floppy disk the teacher kept locked in a box

Cant remember the last time I used one. I still have one in a draw just in case

nuttyprot · 5 Dec 2011 at 20:57

Soon the floppy is gone the better I say. Just no reason for them now with usb and tbh they are dam ugly and waste of space.