http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm.../cnfloppy30.xml

how can we update bios? newbie-ish question sorry

erk, bios?the story was about the end of the floppy disk era i presume

any new pc casing that never come with floppy drive slot?? hehhe

What he means is with the end of the floppy disk era, how are we to update hardware bios's firmware (most previous generation of hardware bios firmware are commonly updated with a flash utility and booted up from the floppy disk).

New generation of hardware or more precise motherboards can be boot-up in DOS mode by USB drive or CD-Rom. So, the end of the story for floppy disk......

no more disket.yeah,of course.only 1.44mb.
i still remember,i cant put my word file into one disket

Well it will not be so soon....th ereason being that some of the program does need diskette to boot up and run....I still need to rely on my good old floppy to run a network tools and then ghost the PC

thumb drives 1gb @ RM33... my floppy disks are history lol

hand up assignment? why pass a rm1 diskette to ur lecturer? which might spoil n stuff and then lecturer cant open and so on? burn to a cd... 39cents

True, but if pc manufacturers insist to phase-out the floppy disk I'll guest to software vendors have to toe in the line and release new programs with alternate solutions to boot. Other than this with only storage capacity of 1.44 MB, I guest it just out-live it's usefulness.

Hey, what about laptops. Itsn't it without floppy disk long, long time ago and doing just fine.

This post has been edited by Flex: Feb 4 2007, 04:55 AM

humm... lot of our school's computer lab still using Disket as a main method to transfer question when in exam...

*i'm still using it, lol

nowaday u can update bios in windows environment lerr

Yea thats true..If you have no idea on how to update your bios in windows environment maybe this can give u a better view

Example:Abit Bios Update

kohkohkohh.. this is the asus bios utilities which runnin' at windows environment..

we can do it with a thumbdrive too

Asus also gives a way to update a bios with CD-rom too...
You just need to burn a cd with the motherboard bios in it.

Restart the pc, and when it's in the test section where it seeks for drives, just press Alt+F2, then it will seek for a cd-rom that have the correct bios for the motherboard.

Then, Walla!!!

And most of the OS now come with a bootable cd-rom.. No need to run setup from startup disk using disket like in those windows 95 and 98

It has been a year that I didnt see or find any diskette, even my pc and laptop also dont have floppy disc..

bye bye mr.floppy....
my current rig also dun have floppy disc already.....
floppy discs suffers from data corruption easily.....
i would miss seing the red light on the drive and the "highly noticed" reading sound

Finally Floppy Production came to a halt...

long2 time ago i throw away my floppy disk...still remember when i learn how 2 use pc during my primary school.have to use floppy disk to boot up windows and spme softwares....

Well.. that was during the time where most kids thinks that it's pronounce as biscuits rather than diskettes...

The old'skool blue floppy...

Good bye then, although my school still using it to backup assignment.

I haven't use any floppies on my system since 2003. Only plug it in to flash my gfx card or mobo BIOS, then remove it, save weight and space

bubbye floppy... my 2 rigs since 2005 dont hav floopy.. oni my bittorent p III hav floopy...

Meh, we don't use them, but some oldies from the floppy era cannot live without them. I remember my sis have to find a floppy drive just because her lawyer demands her letter to be in a floppy.....

it's pretty common. it's still the cheaper medium to use for exchanging files.

1 floppy is RM 2 or less, drive is RM 25.

CDs are cheap but you need a burner, heck you need to teach people how to use those software to burn. so it involves learning, humans hate learning. so yeah, floppy is here to stay for a while, just like how cassettes still exist today.

me? i don't use floppies. i've never had floppy disks on my PC for a few years now. all files exchanged via USB / CD / Internet.

even my dad recently juz bought a 1GB kingston thumbdrive.

geez, atlast. i've been telling for years about the bad effects of floppy, even bought him a 128MB thumbdrive 3 years ago for rm90, but he still reluctant to use it

i guess he finally has been enlightened.

I don't see any alternative to installing RAID drivers without using floppy during WinXP setup (the whole F6 thing).

still got 10 piece blank in my drawer..soon should frame it up n hang on wall

it's kinda fun to tear them apart and take out the black discs

sure i will miss floppy drive.. i used it alot last me when in college.i think most of the office rite now still using floppy to keep their works.

the floppy is here to stay for RAID and BIOS setup.

hehehee
same here, during my study time, there is no pendrive
only the 1.44" floppy avail to store data
i still remember when i was doing some multimedia presentation(using ms powerpoint), it need upto 10pcs of diskets just to save all my job.. what a sweet memory

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Feb 4 2007, 07:26 PM

I also not using floppy since year 2005, but I only take it out from my rig last year as I found out it take up some space and bring 1 cacing in my rig...
If floppy really stop production, I think those manufacturer will soon find their way out to replace the use of floppy...just the matter of time...

well i'll say it still a must for tech support person

now using external USB floppy, only when i install RAID driver... any solution?

Floppy Disk
1960~2007
47years...almost 3X of my age....

a pendrive is equivalent to hundreds of diskettes, so we can save more money and space

i killed my gigabyte 965p-ds3 using @bios update utility (in windows) n gigabyte got to replace a board for me.. so i guess unless i can use cd-rom or usb drive to update otherwise it'll be useless..

Eventually the mobo manufacturer would update their mobo with new bios setting that able other medium to perform RAID installation ...

that's how technology being push forward ever since long time ago..

geh, i remember during the times when CD burners were still hard to buy by typical users, we used to copy MP3s using file splitters and lots and lots and lots of floppy..... lol. 1 song can take 3~6 floppy at the time....
I think newer windows installation DVDs will include the ability to install raids from USB flash drive and/or include it in the DVD if it's widely used

Haha I bought my 40x CD burner in 2002 and it cost me RM250.. So expensive.. At that time floppy disc still famous and tumbdrive also expensive, even 128mb will cost you rm100.. Nowadays I prefer removable USB storage like portable harddisc, cheaper and more convenience, bigger capacity..

Diskette?? For 6megapixel camera image will need around 2mb of space for 1 image right? Diskette only have 1.44mb or 1.30mb...

tat software can run on win98 too?

this phasing out won't sound good for Linux users

Traditionally, updating the OS to support certain peripherals in case the kernel is not up to date will require a linux driver disk.



This post has been edited by cre8tif: Feb 5 2007, 12:38 PM

end ?? u wish that the skools and uni's in msia will use CD instead of floppy le.r..

That will only happen after 10 years.They'll still be using floppy till then.

or unless each pc in school have cd burner.. lol
floppy still the main choice in school then..

-adios-

LOL,i never use my floppy since i brought my pc last 2 years!
and i still have 3 box of floppy NEW!
but i think no more useable.
my friend disable the floppy and taken it out!
i think i will do so soon.

that's just based on SPACE alone.

you can't compare diskettes and memory mediums just like that.

if someone asks you to hand him / her a document - what's the easiest way? Floppy it is. i doubt you'll want to hand someone your USB Drive.

soon, pendrive will be as cheap as a piece of diskette....so 1 person may probably have more than 1 pendrive even a 2gb now costs rm69....whatabout in 3 years time....rm5? 2 years ago it costed a few hundreds

speaking of floppies, have any1 of u remember the good ol` big and thin floppy disk before the 1.44?, my 1st comp has it

and floppy disks are almost a yesterday thing, computer shops rarely sell them anymore

my friend asked me to complete some of our group assignment..
she gave me a diskette but..

damn it ..my pc has no floppy drive
i guess i hav to find someone who has a floppy and copy them into my kingston USB drive..

o/t: ouch! this karipap is way too hot today

most shops still selling the fdd. RM25. they should lower the price.

Heheh... I stopped using floppies in 2000!

None of my PCs had a floppy drive since that year. Used 100MB and later 250MB Zip drives instead. Now using thumbdrives, SD & CF cards and CD-RWs for light storage; DVD-RWs or external HDs for heavier storage needs.

Installed FDD in year 2003 into my cpu, never touch it before. What the heck. No one even mention FDD into their "my rig" siggies. LoL..

yeah, that's right

some one please help me, i reallly need help.. i want to install xp in my lappies.. cant, i need usb floopy disk.. it is to install sata driver.. im using vaio fz 15g.. any suggestion?

This post has been edited by durfzstonez: Dec 16 2007, 05:48 PM

cant u put the sata driver into a usb thumbdrive or CD?


am_eniey : you bump this up for a thread almost dead for a year?

This post has been edited by SpikeTwo: Dec 16 2007, 05:52 PM

Borrow someone else USB floopy disk drive and boot the diskette from it. I think that the only way to do it.

it's about time!

The technology is so obsolete. Those floppy disks cant even last longer than a year!! Any data stored in the disk is subjected to data lost if the disk is not handle with great care! Better don't store all the important files, especially your research and uni assignments!!!

Hope that casing manufacturers will stop making PC cases with floppies drive bay too! it's ugly and make the casing less appealing!

Sooner or later, there will be no more PC casing with floppy drive bay. It will be the Blu-ray & HD-DVD's world.

I wonder how I'm gonna submit my assignment to my lecturer without Floppy disk maybe using CD/DVD instead . Last time my lecturer ask us students to submit our programming assignment ( i'm IT student ) by submitting our thumb drives.

then the tdrive lost haha
thats why we still use floppy
if the lec a bit hi tech 1
he.she will ask to email them
no need to use cd/dvd/tdrive/floppy
much easier n effective

yeah you're so right, but i believe later on, thumbdrive will be as cheap as a diskette

i still think floopy disks are gonna stay. I just love the sound of the drive reading the disk. geeee geee gheee lol

hahahaha as expected bye bye floppy i even stop installing diskette drive ardy

Buy a floppy drive and buy a pack of floppy?
Better buy a 1GB thumb drive and save all the hussle of changing tons of failed floppy.
Nowadays flash disk ( thumb drive )can be booted by most board after bios setting.

Just another PC evolution, in 10 years time, CD probably will extinct too...

omg...im still having the floppy drive

Normal 4.7G DVD taken CD place.
HD DVD and Blu ray is nowadays DVD price and become mainstream. Hurray!!

i wonder is someone still keep/using the floppy B:\?? the big big diskette, bigger than the size of the diskette that one

BTW, end of floppy drive/disk, when is the end of thumbdrive?? maybe the next 10 years will hv a nail drive??

next pc evolution? Disposable 1GB thumbdrive? Buy a pack of 10 X 1GB thumbdrive for RM10? hehehe....waiting for that moment!!

Crap its coming and I got bunch of empty diskettes left.

end of floppy disk...? too sad..

glad to hear that floppy disk is going to extinct soon.

we all should has floopy disk day because lot of memories when first time come to PC world (to me lh). Its kinda make we look more older new technology pass away but we still here

it's very long time edy i'm not using the floppy. Wanna boot up the ghost just using a cd.

but i think my university still using floppy for programming lab test and others...hmm....still want to use old technology...

i just hope raid driver no need floppy anymore

i think still need another 5yrs to end....hehe~
still got a lot of company or primary school are using it..

floppy.. i had a bad experience dealing with it.. thank god it's gone..

nope! DVD will extinct in 10 years time. CD is 5 years time.

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: Dec 26 2007, 04:39 PM

So long floppy drive, sayonara.

When i was a kid, the floppy drive are as big as DVDROM (minus the thickness)

Glad it is gone now, not gonna miss it.

had a bad experience with floppy disc, storage size is terribly small and inconvenient to bring a square box around,even my rig now also no more floppy drive already, bye bye old floppy disc ........

floopy drive is still needed to load raid driver when installing windows xp

I still need to use floppy disc to download data off some old hardware in the office, so it won't disappear for the time being for me.

during secondary school time, me and my friends used to buy sharewares games in the form of floppy disc!!

I remember my DoomII came in 3 disk packages.

Some other games i remember:
Dune - 5 disks
Wolfenstein 3D - 2 disks ?
Descent - 1 disk!....

good things come and goes, so do floppy

sayonara!