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Post by tsmooth31 on Nov 23, 2007 1:07:44 GMT -5
does any1 know..i have this disk with something from along time ago on it that id like to get onto my comp..i have a dell pc which is like 2 or 3 years old..i know my old one had it right on the front...on this one i see like a panel which is just the right size for a disk to go in..it almost looks like you have to pry the panel off tho..i kinda tried but i didnt wanna get to rough because im not even sure if thats what it is..any hep would be apprciated  |
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Post by Evil Dave on Nov 23, 2007 3:24:19 GMT -5
Hmmm, probably not, but then again who knows............With the ability to burn so much more data on rewritable DVD's I doubt that many people have use for floppys anymore so companies like Dell probably don't offer them standard anymore. Do you still have the box or user's manual that your pc came with? It should tell you there if you do or not. I'm thinking you don't because it sounds like you're describing one of the expansion covers for an IDE slot. In which case, I'd say you don't have it because if you did that cover wouldn't be there anymore. Not sure if that helps, but it's all I got!  |
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Post by tsmooth31 on Nov 23, 2007 3:34:02 GMT -5
nah i dont have any of the manuals or anything..but i think your right because i tried to pry it of untill it just about cracked haha..thats why i was wondering tho because i figured nowadays no1 uses them anymore..its not a huge deal but there was some old stuff on a few disks i would liked to have had i actually got my old comp from the garage which has a floppy drive..hooked it all up and then couldnt even get on at all cuz the thing was full of viruses  but thanks for the help  |
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Post by lowkey on Nov 23, 2007 3:37:15 GMT -5
You can get a USB all-in-one/floppy at Office Depot, Staples, wherever, for about $15. I don't use internal floppies in the systems I build anymore, but I do keep a USB one for rescue disks, flash cards, and stuff.
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Post by tsmooth31 on Nov 23, 2007 3:49:48 GMT -5
^^ alright thank you sir...i will have to check that out
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Post by lazario on Dec 2, 2007 11:28:38 GMT -5
You can get a USB all-in-one/floppy at Office Depot, Staples, wherever, for about $15. I don't use internal floppies in the systems I build anymore, but I do keep a USB one for rescue disks, flash cards, and stuff. Does that mean it's like a thing you plug into a computer that doesn't have a disc thing that you can use files (like word / note pads) that are only on those little square discs? |
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Post by lowkey on Dec 2, 2007 18:07:25 GMT -5
Are you talking about those old 5.25" disks? I haven't seen one of those in years. They used to make a floppy drive that could read both sizes, but I haven't seen one of those in about as long.
The one I'm talking about reads the 3.5" disks, and various sized flash cards. They may make them to read 5.25" floppies too, I've just never seen one.
The 5.25" disks became obsolete in the early 90s, and the only reason to have a reader for them afterwards was for legacy support. Today the 3.5" drives exist mainly for that reason too. In another 10 years, if not sooner, no home PC or Laptop will have them.
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Post by lazario on Dec 3, 2007 7:31:49 GMT -5
I'm not sure what kind of disc I'm talking about. Let me try to google a picture of it...  Yep, that's what it looks like. Does that help at all? |
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Post by lowkey on Dec 3, 2007 8:13:53 GMT -5
That's a 3.5". Yes, you can get an all-in-one for it. The 5.25" is paper-thin, and really flimsy.
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Post by lazario on Dec 3, 2007 9:07:29 GMT -5
Thanks for letting me know. My computer right now doesn't have the thing that takes those square 3.5" discs. Just CD.
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Post by Evil Dave on Dec 3, 2007 13:16:10 GMT -5
With all the superior options, why the hell would anyone want to use a floppy anymore anyways?
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Post by lazario on Dec 3, 2007 17:14:40 GMT -5
I still have things (I think) that I never got off my old "floppy" discs. I'd like to use a plug-in type device to get all that stuff off.
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Post by tsmooth31 on Dec 3, 2007 20:37:06 GMT -5
^^ thats the only reason i made this topic..i just wanna get some old stuff off some old floppy disks i had i wasnt planning on using them again for anything |
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Post by Evil Dave on Dec 4, 2007 0:50:04 GMT -5
What do you guys have on them that you want to get off (if you don't mind my asking)?  |
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Post by lazario on Dec 4, 2007 4:57:08 GMT -5
Have you never used one in your life? Photos, things I wrote, the meaning of life, the missing evidence in every major criminal prosecution case from 1997 to 2004, crickets, the collective recorded works of Vanilla Ice, an old sandwich I forgot to eat, and a pristine widescreen copy of Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Movie, Part 15.
Actually, I don't know what's on all my old discs. But it would be nice to find out.
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