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Getting rid of floppy drive - worth it or not? Computer Gurus assemble!!!

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garnerb350:

Need opinions from anybody...Since the floppy is pretty much obsolete...if i remove it from the computer...will it cause any problems, or will it improve anything?

I figure it would be something less for the power supply to run...is there anything else that can help?

jholman76:

The only thing I have used my floppy for in the last 2 years was a BIOS update, but now everything I have to update (Dell PC's) is all self-executing from windows.

Plus any hardware diags I perform are all easiest from bootable CD's anyway. As long as you have a CD ROM, that is.

Just my opinion.

I do have an external floppy from a Dell laptop that has a mini USB on it, just in case.

Ginsu Victim:

In my cab, I don't have a floppy drive or an optical disc drive. I just use USB thumb drives for anything I need to copy to my cab. If I REALLY to use one of those drives, I have them ready to install, but because of space issues (and reducing noise), they are not hooked up.

garnerb350:

My pc is a Dell 4600 with XP...I figured I would keep the CD drives...as for the floppy, I dont need it....

I wanted to check first before i do it...I didnt want to remove and then find out I screwed up...

garnerb350:

is there any special thing that i have to do as for removing it ( any setup from the PC?) or do i just grab the power and yank?

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