3.5" USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD USB Drive Plug and Play for PC Windows 10 7 8 XP Vista Mac Black (1P)

I have boxes full of old 3.5" floppies including many from a deceased family member that I wanted to review and possibly save a few files to hard drive. Other than that there is no realistic use for having a 3.5" drive on a regular basis. So if it survived the task of letting me review a hundred or so disks the $13 price will have been well worth it.Comments:1. Surprisingly nice quality of construction2. Installed itself under Win 7 in a few seconds3. Recognized the first disk I inserted and read it perfectly, and every disk thereafter4. Brought back memories of how slow 3.5" floppies really were (not the fault of the drive)5. The actual manufacturer of the drive is NECNOTE: If you plug the drive in and no motor starts whirring or lights come on, don't assume it's defective. The drive will ONLY spin up after you insert a disk AND manually select Drive A on your list of drives, then it goes dormant again until you mouse click on a file you want to open. I think that's why some people thought they received a defective drive.[UPDATE] - I hadn't finished the task of copying the old floppies yet and recently bought a new high-end computer with Win 7 - 64 bit (by choice). Same as before, the drive was recognized instantly and had no problem reading the disks. I offer this to others who are trying to work with old floppies that may be 30 years old ... it may not be this drive but simply that with time those old disks have aged to the point they are just not usable. 95% of mine read fine but a few were simply too old and dried out to spin properly.

I am shocked and thrilled beyond belief. This Floppy Disc Reader pulled up files from all the way back from 1996 from an old program called Q& A and I was able to copy them to my Windows 7/10 computer (I have a duel system). Absolutely one of the easiest computer hardware items I have ever used. Plus the fact that if it did not work as I needed I could return it which I definitely not be doing. I am going to keep it just in case I run across anymore old 3.5" floppy discs. It arrived on time and packaged well to protect it during shipping. I highly recommend this company and product.

I needed a way to access some old floppy disks, and this 3.5 USB external floppy drive worked perfectly. It was super easy to use—just plug it into the USB port, and it was ready to go. No drivers or extra software needed on my MacBook Pro.The drive feels sturdy and well-made, and it read my disks without any issues. It’s lightweight and compact, so it’s easy to store when I’m not using it. Overall, I’m very satisfied—this little device saved me a ton of hassle. Highly recommend it for anyone needing a reliable external floppy drive!

I ordered one of these drives with the intentions of reading older floppies, and to write some new ones for use in some old dos machines. The moment my drive arrived I could tell that the plastic in the front of the drive was warped, and the door was being blocked off from opening as a result. I was able to push it open but it kept opening weirdly.I plugged in the drive to my windows 10 laptop and it was detected just fine. However I inserted a disk and I continuously started getting read errors and write errors. Most of the time they were "Disk not formatted" errors even though I knew they worked just fine in my dos machine and an older USB floppy drive I have. I tried everything to get this drive to work, messed with window settings, tried 3 different computers and tried tons more diskettes. I kept getting the same results, errors after errors. I even blew into the drive and a dust cloud shot out of it! I was pretty upset about it so I got an exchange from Amazon (Thank you for the excellent customer support!), in hopes it was just a lemon.Nope, I plugged it in, got it to work for about 30 seconds (Though the drive was a little quieter than the first one), and it started throwing the same errors as before, mainly on writing. I even plugged in some old elder scrolls diskettes and ran Dosbox, but it would not read those either. Again tried different computers and settings, but nothing worked. I returned it and got a refund, again thanks to Amazon's amazing support.Do not get this drive. I got a different brand off of Amazon from Esynic and I am much happier now. Reads and writes every time. Get that one instead, this drive is just throwing your money away.

Used it to read a bunch of old floppy disks on my MacBook and it worked well. I saw the reviews saying it would sometimes just stop working, I'm guessing in those cases it wasn't getting enough power. It should probably be connected directly to the computer or a powered hub.

If you have old 3.5 floppy disks still stored in a box, this is the drive you need. I'm using a Windows 11 Pro and plug and play was all I did. You use file explorer to open the drive and you're done.

This drive is quick, and works great for accessing old 3.5 floppy disks.The installation is easy; it has a plug-and-play interface so it should work as soon the cable is connected, but if that doesn't work it comes with a small disk with the drivers for manual installation.It doesn't have a problem with reading the disks, but one quirk of the drive is that occasionally the device driver fails and causes it to misread a disk as either corrupted or non-formatted. If this happens, you do not want to format your disk (unless you're absolutely sure it is a disk failure) because your data is fine.To fix the driver (on a windows machine at least):-You need to go into the device manager (located under Computer > Properties)-Uninstall the driver under "floppy disk drives" (it will say something like "Y-E DATA USB-FDU").-Then unplug the floppy drive and plug it back in.This will reinstall the device driver for the floppy drive, and the disk should be able to be read like normal.Quirks aside, I've had the drive for close to a year now and it still works well.