Hi,

Here is something seems odd to me. Nowadays, except for some very rare occasion, there's hardly any USE for a floppy drive, I know some newer systems don't even come with a floppy anymore, but most older systems won't even start without a floppy drive installed even when I set the BIOS to boot from HD. Is there any WAY to by pass the floppy altogether or some ways to trick the BIOS into thinking there is a floppy drive? I would think it will be PRETTY easy to do.  

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Hi,

Here is something seems odd to me. Nowadays, except for some very rare occasion, there's hardly any use for a floppy drive, I know some newer systems don't even come with a floppy anymore, [highlight]but most older systems won't even start without a floppy drive installed even when I set the BIOS to boot from HD[/highlight]. Is there any way to by pass the floppy altogether or some ways to trick the BIOS into thinking there is a floppy drive? I would think it will be pretty easy to do.  

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