Yeah but unless you have a slipstream WinXP CD then you HAVE to have a floppy for SATA drive installations. Of course I don't have my floppy in the case, the time I do need to format I simply plug it in and let it hang on the top until I'm done.
Buuuut still they can be pretty useful sometimes, like programs like memtest86+ I had to burn a CD instead of simply using a floppy, flashing the BIOS, boot disks, and of course like I said you HAVE to have a floppy for SATA drive installations