If you have a Samsung drive, you can use extreme bootmaker and have it create the files you need on your c drive.
It will make a folder named XBF.
Then you can use a NTFS4DOS boot cd to flash your drive.
If you have a Hitachi drive, you don't need the floppy drive, just dl the firmware then you'll open up a command line and flash the drive.
So yes, there are ways around using the floppy drive.