3.5 Floppy Disk Reader, Portable 1.44 MB USB Floppy Drive for mac

works great

It was only recognized by the USB 3.0 (Win 10). But it read my old floppies like a charm. Works great.

Functioned best using the USB connector on the display port adapter

What I wanted was for a simple way to get data from about 25 3.5" 1.44MB diskettes onto a more modern format such as hard disk or SSD. I no longer had any PC's with a native floppy disk drive. Looking around for a way to connect a 1.44MB floppy drive to a modern Win10 or Win11 PC resulted in devices such as this one I purchased. However the reviews were less than spectacular for these types of products with about 10% to15% 1 star reviews. My experience with this particular 3.5" floppy drive to USB was great. Plugging it into either the USB-A or the USB-C connector into the PC resulted with it being identified in a few seconds as drive A: without requiring any drivers or any configuration on my part. Every one of my floppy disks was read into the PC with no errors (floppies were stored in a cool dry environment for 25 years). Reviews of some of these products indicated that they required to be unplugged every time the diskette was changed but I think those comments while correct are not necessary. After copying a floppy, ejecting it, and inserting a new floppy does NOT cause the PC to re-read the file directory info from the diskette. It was necessary to just click on the A: drive icon to cause the PC to read the directory of the floppy. Then it could be copied to the hard disk without unplugging and plugging it back in. The experience was as good as could be expected!

This is a recycled product. The floppy drives are recycled e-waste that has been repackaged with a USB adapter board and new case. This would explain why so many reviews are split between "works, works sometimes, never works". The interior drive had its manufacturer markings covered over with a sticker and the drive itself was scratched and dented and barely functional. Good luck getting one that actually works. I'm all for upcycling and reuse, but they need to be tested and stated in the product title as recycled, otherwise it is fraud to sell these as "New".

Unfortunately, this didn’t work for me. I tried it on two different Windows 10 PCs. I would get the Windows connection alert, the device would flash in File Explorer, then disappear. Only once did the drive appear in File Explorer and it disappeared as soon as I inserted a diskette and the drive began reading. I could access the drive in Command Prompt, but performance was inconsistent. It would display filenames and their type when I used the “dir” command. The first time I tried copying to the hard drive, no files were copied. When I tried copying again, four or five files were declared unreadable. I guess it’s possible the diskettes have errors, but not appearing in Windows File Explorer is a downer. I am returning the drive.

Easy setup, works great!!

The floppy disk drive came in mint condition and worked with the 3.5 floppy disks I used at school. The floppy drive allowed me access my old school work.

La compré sólo como precaución por los discos viejos que tengo, para ver qué contienen. Funcionó bien, aunque no quedé muy convencido de la calidad

Não funciona direito e não lê a maioria dos disquetes, mesmo novos