# Hmm, anyone ever boot off of a USB Floppy Drive?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 17, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595 "2005-08-17T11:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/1 "2005-08-17T11:59:42Z")

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I need to update some firmware and was wondering if anyone knew if you could boot off of an external floppy?

And… if you can, does anyone have one?

😃

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**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/2 "2005-08-17T12:28:05Z")

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yep they are bootable, i have one at work, though i cant take it from there

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/3 "2005-08-17T12:33:11Z")

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You can boot from a USB floppy, change the order in Bios.

I don’t have one for You though ☹

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**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/4 "2005-08-17T22:35:08Z")

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just use a USB thumb drive

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/5 "2005-08-18T00:52:53Z")

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thumb drive is a good idea, depending on how old ur computer is it SHOULD work

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**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-anyone-ever-boot-off-of-a-usb-floppy-drive/1595/6 "2005-08-18T04:24:31Z")

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you can boot off one, we ordered one at work but im not sure if it showed up yet

you should ask zong, i know they have like 10000x of them at UB, he could probably just give it to you