Everything up to Windows XP still relies far too much on a floppy drive being available. Just try installing your non-standard SATA drivers during XP install without a floppy drive. Seriously, good luck with that!
Hopefully, Vista (and everything else from then on) will accept CD and USB as potential sources of drivers during an installation process.
Linux seems pretty happy running from a CD, so a recovery mode is very usable without resorting to floppies.
I'd love to lose the floppy drive. The only time I use one is reinstalling XP.
Hopefully, Vista (and everything else from then on) will accept CD and USB as potential sources of drivers during an installation process.
Linux seems pretty happy running from a CD, so a recovery mode is very usable without resorting to floppies.
I'd love to lose the floppy drive. The only time I use one is reinstalling XP.