Keith Sebastian said:
Yamaraj said:
Keith Sebastian said:
The Incredible said:
Guys The news is that
"mera floppy disk drive kharaab ho gaya hai. So, i'm planning 2 buya new floppy drive so which 1 do u recommend. My budget is Rs.500
Thanx.
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What's a floppy drive?
Keith
You'll know when your mobo BIOS goes bad, or whenever you need to
install drivers while installing any mainstream OS, with Windows not
being an exception.
- Yamaraj
Been there done that sonny. I've lived without a floppy for 2 yrs now. As for mobo bios going bad - never happened to me. Previous mobo had dual BIOS. Current one has Crashfree BIOS with auto recovery from supplied CD. Also have an image of it backed up for safe keeping.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS2
The CrashFree BIOS2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process.
ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM
Installing drivers from floppy in DOS. I run all my disks in NTFS. No DOS possible.
If you still think floppy's are a neccessity you're either -
A) Living in the past.
B) Ignorant. (i.e. never explored alternatives)
C) Have an archaic system.
Keith
You never know what's there up for you, Freddy.
While the more expensive boards do feature dual-bios or easy recovery
at a premium price, the more common ones still require the now-much-
hated floppy solution.
And, probably all you've experienced is Windows. Almost every Linux
flavour requires one to shove in a floppy disk to create an emergency
recovery disk. The Solaris OS needs driver diskettes if the host system
has some non-standard or rare elements.
So, if you've never encountered a need for a floppy disk, you're :-
(a) Apple pie lover (Steve Jobs?)
(b) a Windows-happy user, or
(c) someone with a bitter past.
And, here's my specs to counter your beliefs of it being archaic :-
AMD64 3200+ (Venice core)
ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe (Not a gamer, bought the best in the market)
Kingston KVR DDR400 2*512MB
ASUS 6200 256MB (Not a gamer)
Samsung 19" 955b CRT
Antec TrueBlue 480W (28A on +12V rails, mind you!)
TVSE LanUPS 700M
Samsung Stereo Speakers (Not an audiophile)
Seagate 80GB HDD
Samsung 1.44MB FDD (haha!)
Samsung DVD drive
HP CD16ri 16x CDRW
ASUS StarIce Cooler (Not installed right now)
If I've not included these in my signature its not because I'm ashamed of
my system specs, only that I consider it too loud for a person I am.
- Yamaraj