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PC World says farewell to floppy
Chris:
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--- Quote from: patrickl on January 31, 2007, 03:14:01 am ---Actually, I usually just create a bootable CD from a floppy. Works much better.
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Damn, I'd love to know how you make a CD out of a floppy? :laugh2:
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If you've never done it, the process of creating a bootable CD requires a bootable floppy to pull the boot files from.
jbox:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 31, 2007, 03:03:49 pm ---He means physically changing a floppy to a CD.
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Apparently the "wetting yourself laughing" smiley is no longer able to convey the "this was a stupid pun" subtext to the masses. ???
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Chris on January 31, 2007, 10:43:33 pm ---If you've never done it, the process of creating a bootable CD requires a bootable floppy to pull the boot files from.
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Or the image of a bootable floppy. It can actually be done a number of ways but the burning app will need someplace to pull the boot files from because they aren't licensed to come in the burning app itself.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 01, 2007, 12:17:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Chris on January 31, 2007, 10:43:33 pm ---If you've never done it, the process of creating a bootable CD requires a bootable floppy to pull the boot files from.
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Or the image of a bootable floppy. It can actually be done a number of ways but the burning app will need someplace to pull the boot files from because they aren't licensed to come in the burning app itself.
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I forgot which software it was, but it came with a free version of DOS (not from M$) to create bootable disks yourself.