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Old 12-23-2003, 12:21 PM   #15 (permalink)
Cynthetiq
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Originally posted by Conclamo Ludus
Floppies are already on the outs. I work for a reseller and we ship out PC's to businesses all the time that no longer have a floppy drive. Its part of slimming down computers. As PC cases get smaller and smaller, I think this trend will continue. Maybe not in the consumer market, but I see this happening for business PC's everyday.

And yes you can boot from a USB drive. Personally I wish they would keep floppies. Its can be a pain in the ass if you are trying to diagnose some hardware problems and a PC doesn't have a floppy drive.
not to mention getting stupid USB drivers to work properly in DOS
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