Originally Posted by
elCheapoDeluxe
Oh, I've DEFINITELY seen new computers without floppy controllers. I had a giant fiasco with an HP where it had a RAID controller, but Windows XP's setup only allows you to load the RAID driver during setup from a floppy disk, and it wasn't taking my USB....
That said, just because it has a floppy controller doesn't mean the old software (old Colorado Backup, etc) will be able to access the drive if it isn't designed to talk through the XP (etc) kernel.
It's the very issue of setup disks needing to be loaded via floppy that necessitates them! Whether there is a drive mounted on that controller is another matter, but if need be you can open the case and plug one in.
In fact, with my case that's how I have to do it--the hole to mount the floppy is too far from the board. If I need a floppy it sits inside the case.