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Have you thrown you old floppy disks away?

anafilipa @anafilipa (79) • Portugal 7 Jan 12

That is a question I ask most people. It's totally random, but interesting to me. We all used to use floppy disks around ten years ago, but now computers can't even read them (or at least those that are sold now can't. Our old...

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Pen drives become illegal!!!

anantcool5 @anantcool5 (269) • India 5 Jul 11

What would happen if all the pen drives disappear? Can you imagine life without pen drives? Using them since such a long time, and so comfortable with them, it'd be really hard to turn to floppy disks! Which cannot store a song....

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full featured floppy linux?

samafayla33 @samafayla33 (1856) • United States 9 Mar 11

Is there a full featured floppy linux you can put on floppies without splitting a iso file?

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Why pen drives don't have write-protect notch?

Venkataraman @venkataraman_vc (5293) • Chennai, India 23 Oct 10

In older days, the Floppy disks came with a write protect notch. That was very useful when we take our floppy disks to a internet cafe for printing. Though the technology was not reliable, there was some safety when we use our...

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Apple Powerbook 540 - Problem?

fearforce @fearforce (15) • Bulgaria 21 Jun 10

Hello!Sorry for my bad english. Today i found an antique in my house - Apple Powerbook 540.I have maybe OS or boot problem.When the computer starts,there is a screen with floppy icon and question mark.The Powerbook doesn't have...

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WHY YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES. What do you do?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 9 Oct 09

I received this in an email a few years ago and found it while clearing out files. Very cleverly put together, though a bit out-of-date now, it is still quite amusing. If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the...

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Does anyone still use their floppy drive..?

vkprincedark @vkprincedark (334) • India 23 Aug 09

I am not at all using floppy drive.Now we have a many high storage devices available.Is their anyone who still uses floppy disks..?

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Still Floppy is in use?

pratheep87 @pratheep87 (1227) • India 29 Jun 09

Still Floppy disks are in use in this modern world? I used Floppy disk 3 years ago and still in Indian shops i find floppy. Capacity of Floppy is 1.44 MB but now we get DVD at capacity 4.7 Gb at same rate. Do you use floppy disk...

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5 1/4 Floppy disk

jinxky @jinxky (2248) • Philippines 22 Jul 08

Do you still remember the 5 1/4 floppy disk? We had the floppy disk way back in high school, this is funny coz it's huge.. After our school year, we opened the floppy disk & then we put our signatures in it.. did u get a chance to...

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does anyone still use floppies

knightrider @knightrider (1083) • India 17 Jun 08

a few days back i happen to go to a cafe with an old floppy. The cafe guys were kind looking strangely at me, is floppy too outdated thes e days, or has ti become too costly compared cds

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Still using floppy diskette?

nilouette @nilouette (632) • Philippines 6 Apr 08

are you still using the 1.44 mb floppy diskette?

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Recreate ASR Floppy

Ronimas @Ronimas (699) • India 9 Nov 07

I had made a backup of my system using the Windows Backup Utility. I used the Automated System Recovery method in which an ASR floppy is also created. I have some corrupt/missing files in my “C” drive and want to use the backup I...

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Do you still use your floppy drive?

laurentyu1 @laurentyu1 (743) • Romania 20 Oct 07

Do you still use your floppy drive? How often do you use it? I have to say that i use it rarely, now we all have a memory stick or other removable drives....

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Remember FREE 1 MILLIONS HOURS of AOL disks? What did you do with them?

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 1 Jun 07

I would usually format them and use them for disk space, or I'd make coasters. Or frisbees. Or money-clips with the little metal part.

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DO you use FLOPPY drive

pushpendragold @pushpendragold (324) • India 8 May 07

IS someone there uses floppy drive still?

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How do i retrieve files from my floppy? Help

healer @healer (1779) • India 23 Feb 07

I got a very important file in my floppy disk but when i inserted the floppy disk into the drive, it is asking me to format But if i do that i'll lose all the files stored in the floppy. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

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Do you still use Floppies??

nishant_022 @nishant_022 (395) • India 16 Feb 07

Hey guys!! Do you remember a few years ago, we used a highly unreliable thing called a Floppy?? :-)Do you still use those 1.4mb diskettes with much better and more reliable storage devices like CDs, DVDs and Flash Drives around?

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floppy or pen drive ?

mauryaashish06 @mauryaashish06 (231) • India 7 Feb 07

what do you use this time

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What's your favorite kind of bunny?

conejita2105 @conejita2105 (67) • United States 6 Feb 07

I like the floppy eared rabbits. Dwarves are also cute. The last one I had died of motor oil poisoning. :( R.I.P Peaches.

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CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR..Help me please...

goalkeeper @goalkeeper (514) • Philippines 31 Jan 07

Each time i have to open my computer this "CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR" prompt on my screen. I don't know how it happen. I ask some friends how to fix this error? some say "go to BIOS SETUP load the default settings and then save & exit"....

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