Modern floppy disk question...

[Gordon JC Pearce]

John Hogerhuis wrote:
> On 5/4/05, Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> wrote:
>   
> 
>>I use USB floppy drives, and one refurb HP desktop that runs WinXP
>>Pro. No idea what drive is in it, but it always works.  Can't
>>recall a media problem on it.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Allison made the point that fans sucking dirt into the drive probably
> causes problems. I've found the same thing.
> 
> Using an external floppy drive, USB or otherwise, is one way to take
> the fan out of the equation.
> 
> -- John.

I have to say, I've not had any problems with external floppies on my 
IBM lappy at work - and one of the external drives is ex-field engineer 
"boot kit" and thus has been rattled about in the back of a Vectra 
(Vauxhall, not HP) with keyboards, toolboxes and ATM parts...

Gordon.