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Richard Kettlewell ([personal profile] ewx) wrote2008-02-17 11:47 am
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[personal profile] simont 2008-02-17 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
When I bought my most recent computer (just over a year ago), WoC said they didn't install a floppy drive as standard any more, but offered to put one in for an extra £4. I decided it wasn't worth it, and haven't regretted the decision yet.
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[personal profile] lnr 2008-02-17 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Given the same decision a year or two earlier I thought "fuck it, it's only 4 quid". Since then I think I *have* used it a couple of times, as I have some very old PC games on floppy still. Mostly I just boggle at the fact it always tries to read the floppy drive when shutting down, and I've no idea why!

[identity profile] oldbloke.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's either or both of:
The Windows FastFind indexing thing (or its successor)
Your antivirus.

Lots of peeps used to switch fastfind off, coz it's crap.
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[personal profile] lnr 2008-02-18 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Probably the indexing then, since I have the same AV software at work, and it doesn't behave in the same way.