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Lap-Tops with no floppy drive

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Name: Navigator1
Date: November 23, 2003 at 16:38:07 Pacific
OS: xp pro
CPU/Ram: 550/320
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I am thinking of buying a lap-top and have noticed that a lot of the new ones come without a floppy drive. Programs like Ghost and Drive Image with create boot disks for floppy drives only. Question is how would I go with no floppy drive. Is there a way to do the same thing with the cd-rom.



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Name: Chuck
Date: November 23, 2003 at 17:02:18 Pacific
Reply:

You could buy an external floppy drive.
I have heard that they are also being phased out
of desktop computers.

Watch for replies from others.


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Response Number 2
Name: tinner666
Date: November 23, 2003 at 18:20:10 Pacific
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They only come with cd or dvd variants now. I bought my dell at their outlet store and they included my external one. I would also recommend not getting one with less than 512 ram. I bumped mine to 768 and it now outruns my other unit with 512. Frank


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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: November 23, 2003 at 20:42:02 Pacific
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Look for one with an optical drive and a spare modular bay, so you can use the bay for swappable floppy drive,second battery,hard drive or even another optical drive.


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Response Number 4
Name: Navigator1
Date: November 23, 2003 at 21:07:57 Pacific
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Sounds like I still need a floppy drive. Can I use an cd drive to do the same thing.


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Response Number 5
Name: BrawnyDawg
Date: November 24, 2003 at 05:35:21 Pacific
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Use the CD RW to burn files on. Also, there is a new bootable usb at 528 to 1g it is the size of a lipstick case or less and plugs into the USB port. can be caried on your key chain!


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