When was the last time you used a 'floppy'

PhillyDee · 10 May 2007 at 17:48

Yes yes, i get all the jokes hahahaha in advance :rolleyes:

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Just curious when the last time you used one of those 1.44Mb Floppy disks In a PC (Not as a coaster, wallpaper scraper, frisbee and all those other uses for them).

Personally, about 3 weeks ago to install Win98SE on an old PC. Its just I dont know why PC's are still shipping with these. Seems rather pointless considering they all come with DVD/CD writers.

Will_3rd · 10 May 2007 at 17:53

probably when I last flashed my BIOS which was probably Feb 06

Cupra · 10 May 2007 at 17:55

feb this year for me for my raid

Hades · 10 May 2007 at 17:56

A few years ago when installing Windows 2000 on a RAID card.

bailey12856 · 10 May 2007 at 18:07

cant actually recall the last time i used one, probs when i was in school a few years back cos i used to save my work on a floppy till i bought a usb stick

Clairvoyant · 10 May 2007 at 18:11

Must be atleast 3 years naybe a bit more.

Egosh · 10 May 2007 at 18:17

i dont think ive ever actually used a floppy in like 3 or so years..

Jonny L · 10 May 2007 at 18:24

Last time I used a floppy was about 3 or 4 years ago lol.

doggo · 10 May 2007 at 18:33

Feb this year for flashing my bios, I've got one of those thats a card reader and floppy in one, floppy I only use once in the blue moon but allways build a new rig with one in the spec.

doggo

malachi · 10 May 2007 at 18:33

Yesterday to flash my DVD drive and install SATA drivers for XP

Bigpops · 10 May 2007 at 19:32

Tuesday, when i bought an £8 gigabit NIC as the one on motherboard has gone all wierd. Now i know it's a Realtek, the latest drivers will be going on my pendrive or an SD card.

Before that, it must be about 12 months, as i needed a floppy to install the SATA drivers on my NForce3 mobo every time i reformatted.

Jaffa_Cake · 10 May 2007 at 19:33

4 months ago installing RAID.

tim_enchanter · 10 May 2007 at 20:27

Used one today at work, they are required for a feature on the machines we produce, although that's being phased out.

Also a lot of PC manufacturers are no longer supplying PCs with 3.5"drives

Energize · 10 May 2007 at 20:31

Yesterday to flash my bios and wipe the hdd.

Slogan · 10 May 2007 at 21:01

Few years ago.

In hindsight, what a totally useless piece of technology.

Jokester · 10 May 2007 at 21:02

Yesterday to install RAID drivers on a new XP installation.

Jokester

Sinny · 10 May 2007 at 21:04

i still use them to hand in coursework at college, 5p a disk you cant go wrong.

afraser2k · 10 May 2007 at 21:06

This morning to use custom options at work on an unattended install for a student PC. I also need a floppy disk for my SATA drivers (MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum) or upgrading the BIOS.

Most normal users probably don't need them anymore though.

t31os · 10 May 2007 at 21:24

Few months ago, floppies are great for partition magic..

Nelly · 10 May 2007 at 21:24

When was the last time you used Viagra? <yes sarcasm>

Seriously though, I only use a floppy if I'm using a new motherboard & have to install drivers off a floppy or I'm doing a bios flash, I've recently bought a 1GB USB Pen so hopefully this will remove the use of a floppy drive out of the equation forever.