Floppy Disks

by **Jeffro** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:25 pm

I was wondering if there is such a thing as floppy disks that hold more than the standard "1 megabyte".

Or do I have to get a zip drive for that?

by **PudriK** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:33 pm

Dude, get a thumb drive!. Up to 512 MB, plug-and-play... the only thing is I don't think you can boot off them.

by **WeSSiN** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:36 pm

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/fdd/formatKB2880-c.html

Why do you want to know?

by **SavageParrot** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:44 pm

I have an external hard drive. 200gb to carry around.

by **Jeffro** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:20 pm

Are there any cheap disks that hold 10 or 15 megabytes?

I don't feel like spending $70.00 on data items.

by **WeSSiN** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:39 pm

Originally posted by Jeffro
Are there any cheap disks that hold 10 or 15 megabytes?

I don't feel like spending $70.00 on data items.

No, but would this work?

by **LordShard** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:56 pm

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.yb?term=SUPERDISK&exact=1

Haven't seen them around for a while. But it can run standard 1.44 floppys as well as the 120MB floppy. And it writes to a 1.44 disk I think 40times faster? BTW you have to buy a super floppy bay to use the super disks.

http://www.computerhope.com/help/super.htm
a lil more info on it.

by **Jeffro** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:12 pm

Originally posted by FI2ick
No, but would this work?

I'll take it!

Thanks fI2ick!

by **Dakana** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:05 pm

...I don't even have a floppy drive in my computer. I've never needed one... I can transfer stuff via LAN or use a thumb drive.

by **LordShard** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 2:00 am

Originally posted by Dakana
...I don't even have a floppy drive in my computer. I've never needed one... I can transfer stuff via LAN or use a thumb drive.

Yeah just taking up an extra IRQ and a DMA slot right.

by **Camel toe joe** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 2:01 am

why not just use a re-writable cd-rw? i mean if you have a cd-rw burnner that would be best way to go no?

by **Jeffro** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:54 am

Originally posted by Camel toe joe
why not just use a re-writable cd-rw? i mean if you have a cd-rw burnner that would be best way to go no?

Well...I need to transfer data from my 233mhz, 128ram computer to my good one. And my crappy pc doesn't have a cd burner

. Even if it did, it would be slow as hell.

by **BladeRunner** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:20 am

Originally posted by Jeffro
Well...I need to transfer data from my 233mhz, 128ram computer to my good one. And my crappy pc doesn't have a cd burner . Even if it did, it would be slow as hell.

one quick and very cheap way to transfer files from one
hard drive to another is to temperately install the drive
with the files you want to your "good one" computer.
you don't have to bolt up the drive, just plug in the
ide and power cable, let your "good one" find it and
away you go.

:beer:

by **King** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:25 am

anyone know where i can find a 5 1/4 drive for my comp? i got some old games i want to play....

by **007** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:07 pm

Originally posted by Kingofbeers
anyone know where i can find a 5 1/4 drive for my comp? i got some old games i want to play....

http://www.ebay.com

I would recommend getting an external one...but I'm retarded when it comes to computers. Search for something such as External 5.25 Drive...

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