For temporary storage, I've started using a USB flash memory drive like this Lexar JumpDrive. XP computers with USB slots read it just like a hard drive.
It is so handy and superfast. I keep it in my pocket like a small pocket knife, and it holds the equivalent of 100 "floppies". /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Mine's a 128 MB, 2.0 USB, and I got it at Fry's for $24 after tax and rebates.
I have 2.......an 8MB I've had for years when they first came out, and a 128MB that I use to transport work back and forth from home to work........great things /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
i usually use zip for temp. stuff then i burn them to cd,don't know what possesed me to use a floppy as luck would have it they were pics of some stuff i am thinking of selling so i just reshot them today. but u guys told me some things about flppys i did not know. thanks.