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I would assume that outboard CD/DVD drives (USB, maybe others) will be available for a long time to come. 3.5 inch USB floppy drives are still routine. 5.25 i
by JJMcJ 4y ago
I would assume that outboard CD/DVD drives (USB, maybe others) will be available for a long time to come.
3.5 inch USB floppy drives are still routine. 5.25 inch, try the used market. Who knows what happens in 10 years?
That's for recovery. I wouldn't use floppies as a primary medium these days. CD/DVD might be on OK choice.
- WalterBright 4y ago5.25 drives were once so ubiquitous, I am astonished how difficult it is to read a floppy these days. First, you have to find a drive - ancient used ones only. Then, you have to find an interface to it, because nobody makes them for modern computers, and BIOS support has been dropped over a decade ago. CDs only hold 800Mb of information. When you can get a 64G usb stick for $6, who is going to burn CDs anymore?
- JJMcJ 4y agoAt this point 5.25 reading is a data recovery task. Re USB: What's the life expectancy of a USB stick? I've had friends get unpleasant surprises when USB sticks were unreadable after a few years. Are some brands better than others? High capacity vs. low capacity.