Do I need my floppy drive?

[misspink]

Im pretty sure my floppy drive is broken - Can anyone tell me if I need to use a floppy disc to format my hard drive?(40 g), is it possible to make a start up disc on CD instead?if so then how do I go about doing this please.I use windows ME.

 

[wolluf]

1. floppy drives are very cheap (c. £9 here in UK)
2. current state of PCs/Windows, I'd still ahte to be without one.
3. Yes - you can make a 'boot floppy' CD (I thibk I described how to some months ago in another thread - can't remember off top of my head) - BUT why not just buy new floppy drive.

PS. If your 40GB drive is a second drive, you can set it up from within ME. Run fdisk from a dos box in ME - change to second disk (option 5). Create partition(s). Exit and reboot - and new partitions will be available to format (eg, dos, format x:, where X: is new partition).

 

[misspink]

Thanks for your prompt reply. I will buy a new floppy drive, but as Ive got everything backed up and ready to rock, and my pc is really unstable at the mo (only running smoothly in 1/2 hour bursts) I would like to format my hard drive straight away. I shall try to find the thread that you mentioned in your reply. Thanks again!

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

windows ME is a bootable cd if your MB allows booting from a CD

 

[Grenage]

No you don't Need one, but you can bet as some point somebody will give you a disk with information on it.

 

[edfair]

Or someday your hard drive will crash and you will need access to it to recover something important. And your EBD won't fit in your CD.

Ed Fair
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[Grenage]

Apparently Dell are considering doing away with Floppies in their new machines.

No idea if this is true or not.

 

[finalfantasy]

My Floppy Drive has also broke... I was wondering where I could possible get one for a CHEAP price.
Thanks

Keith Breazeale

 

[mainegeek]

Finalfantasy,
Best Buy or a PC Shop. If you want a cheaper one, well, sounds like misspink may have one.

 

[norty303]

ebuyer.com for about £5-£6