The Floppy is Dead: Time to Move Memories to the Cloud

[PurpleDemon]

Sony's decision to end 3.5-inch disk production is just another signal that local storage media and platforms cannot be trusted with your precious data

http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100426/tc_zd/250362

Anybody still using these?

Not many files 1.44 mb anyhow.

[doctorhardware]

I still have many new floppy drives. So yes U do still use them just to make bootable disks. That way I do not waste CD/DVD disks.

[UncasMS]

havent used/needed a floppy drive for ages

cd and dvd is fine and sometimes i create bootable thumbdrives; they all work and i'm glad i dint have to use those crappy floppy drives any more

[doctorhardware]

I have like 10 brand new 3.5 floppy drives. So I may just keep using them until I have no more to use.

[PurpleDemon]

I use CD-RW for booting. I never put one in this build a year and half ago.

I do remember getting excited when my new Windows 98 PC had a zip drive for more storage.
Then CD burning came and it was blown away

[doctorhardware]

Well I guess I still have one foot in the old school way.

[MilesAhead]

I liked the zip drive too. It copied on fast. Only thing is the disks were way over priced. I just used the one that came with the machine.

What the hell? It never wore out!