Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch USB Type A&C External Floppy Disk Drive, 3 1/2 Floppy Disc Reader for PC,Laptop&Notebook-Brushed Texture

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Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch USB Type A&C External Floppy Disk Drive, 3 1/2 Floppy Disc Reader...

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Pros

It works flawlessly with windows 10 and 11, ms dos 6, and modern macos. Works on a mac also.

Would recommend this product. The reader itself feels well built. The build quality is good and seems to be a nice item that i am going to able to travel with.

Preserving family history and memories by recovering photos and documents thought lost from outdated technology. Emotional reliving memories through photos and documents brought tears of joy and a sense of closure.

Cons

The instructions claim that the drive is mounted as drive - that was not the case for me as it mounted as a usb drive. Even when not in use the disc drive is very noisy and flimsy. It makes a whirring noise, more than the few seconds the instructions ... Read More

Some disks were self-copied, others were professionally made driver disks. Appears to be cheaply made. Very dissatisfied and would not recommend.

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Quality

Simple, easy install on windows pc, was able to read 25 year old disks from an old word processor

This external floppy disk reader is a replacement and so far, i have not had any issues.

Once i figured out how to get to "devices and printers" on my win11 system i simply right-clicked the device, browsed the files... Read More

Only one of my files could not be moved nor opened.

Price

After all was said and done, for a grand total of less than $40 and a few hours of image clean-up i recovered ~500 photos from 1996.

After foolishly reading all of the reviews less than 3 i was hesitant to try this device, but as i only have a dozen diskettes ... Read More

For those interested, i did have to purchase an additional program ($17) to convert the old casio cam format to jpg.

Shipping

Exactly what we needed in perfect working order shipped like lightning!

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floppy, old, port, easy and new.

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 11,596 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 18 2024.