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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:14 am    Post subject: External Floppy Drive Reply with quote

I just realised that I had posted this in the wrong forum, so here it is in the correct one...

I'm looking to get an External floppy drive so that I can transfer files between home and work more easily. I've got a memory key for transfers at home between computers, but the pieces of crap at work are so old they won't recognise the key and I'm not even going to try to get them to work.

Anyone know where to get a good drive? I don't live in Seoul, so don't say "Just go to Yongsan!"

Thanks.

KPRROK


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Industrial Strength



Joined: 02 Dec 2003

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:55 am    Post subject: online Reply with quote

http://www.danawa.co.kr/ is a good site for online electronics shopping. Don't have to go to Yongsan at least. They have external floppy drives for 35,000 and up.
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why not just ge a mini flash drive? They are bigger and more useful than a floppy. A 128MB flash drive is really cheap now...about 25,000.

http://www.danawa.co.kr/comindex_right.php3?product_view=SALE&kindc=COM&typec=FMEM&codec=ELEGANCEUSBPRO128MB
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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Demophobe wrote:
Why not just ge a mini flash drive? They are bigger and more useful than a floppy. A 128MB flash drive is really cheap now...about 25,000.


gee, maybe you didn't read my original post. I said I want to get a floppy to make transfers between home and work easier where the work computers won't recognise a flash drive. I have one. I'm tired of e-mailing files to myself just so I can work on them at work, that and I don't have a printer at home yet, so I need to print at work.

KPRROK
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm confused- you want to go out and buy an external floppy drive?

You appear to have left out some pertinent info which is causing confusion.
Let me see if I can make a few guesses-

1. You've got a notebook at home that doesn't have an internal floppy drive, right?

2(A) the pc at work isn't running WinXP or 2000 or else the USB drives would be automatically readable, or, 2(B) it doesn't have a USB port (hard to believe since every pc made in the last 7-8 years has at least one USB port, but maybe you work the world's cheapest hagwon).

If the situation is 2A (because I honestly can't imagine it being 2B regardless of how crappy your school may be) you can go to the website of the flash drive's manufacturer and get a driver for PC s running older operating systems to recognize it.

It would be silly to run out and buy an external floppy without trying this first.
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kprrok wrote:


gee, maybe you didn't read my original post. I said I want to get a floppy to make transfers between home and work easier where the work computers won't recognise a flash drive. I have one. I'm tired of e-mailing files to myself just so I can work on them at work, that and I don't have a printer at home yet, so I need to print at work.

KPRROK


Gee, maybe you should brush up on terminology. What is a "memory key"? Sounds more like a brand-name. I always have known them as flsh drives.

Sorry for my ignorance.
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"A keychain drive - also known as a USB drive, flash drive, or disk-on-key - is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain."
I've also heard them called jump drives.

I agree, saying "Memory Key" sounds more like one of those USB keys (with only 1-2 MB of storage) used for holding decryption authentication software (like Cryptokey or Ensure) which enables you to log on to a secure pc, but it was a pretty safe bet that kprrok wasn't talking about that.
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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Memory key" is what IBM employees use to shorten "keychain memory flash drive" or whatever you want to call it. My apologies if you didn't understand what I was asking.

KPRROK
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