When I got my new computer, I found it didn't have the small floppy drive, but I solved that problem. I bought one that just plugs in, rather than get one installed. . Works just great. Mel Sherrie Apperson wrote: > Whether we like it or not, we're probably all eventually going to have > to learn to deal with all the quirks of saving to CD's and flash drives. > > One factor that no one has touched on yet is that most new computers > don't come with a floppy drive at all. We've had at least 6 people > come into our FHC not knowing what to do because they bought new > computers and didn't even notice until it was too late that there was > no floppy drive. It also creates a problem with some of the Church's > software that asks for a floppy -- you have to trick it into accepting > a CD or flash drive. I'm in the process of writing up a "How To" list > for saving and retrieving information on CD's and flash drives. > > Both methods have drawbacks, but if we're aware of them we can work > around and avoid them as much as possible. I sure wish the 3" CD's > were more available and less expensive. And I think you have to be > careful in depending on the flash drives for long term storage. > They're GREAT for transferring data from one place to another, but > I've heard that they eventually burn out after a lot of use. > > Good luck to us all, > Sherrie Apperson > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > PAF-5-USERS Mailing List > http://www.ausbdm.org/p5uindex.php > >