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***glc*** · 06-19-2004, 03:53 PM

My recommendation is to get the floppy or dig up a good used one somewhere - nothing says you have to install it in your box but it can be a lifesaver if you toss it into a drawer along with a floppy cable - just in case. In your situation, you WILL need it to install your RAID drivers and possibly flash your bios, but your future needs for it will likely be very seldom. Making boot CD's is still not as easy and intuitive as floppies, and you can't write to a boot CD. And as already said, you need floppies to make emergency recovery disks for quite a few utilities out there.

If you wait till you get stuck without one, even when the stores are open, you will be paying a lot more than 7 bucks for one - last ones I saw at CompUSA were over 20 bucks, all they carry are retail boxes.

06-19-2004, 03:53 PM	#17
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,734	My recommendation is to get the floppy or dig up a good used one somewhere - nothing says you have to install it in your box but it can be a lifesaver if you toss it into a drawer along with a floppy cable - just in case. In your situation, you WILL need it to install your RAID drivers and possibly flash your bios, but your future needs for it will likely be very seldom. Making boot CD's is still not as easy and intuitive as floppies, and you can't write to a boot CD. And as already said, you need floppies to make emergency recovery disks for quite a few utilities out there. If you wait till you get stuck without one, even when the stores are open, you will be paying a lot more than 7 bucks for one - last ones I saw at CompUSA were over 20 bucks, all they carry are retail boxes. Last edited by glc; 06-19-2004 at 03:57 PM.