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RoadXYZ
Explorer II
May 06, 2013

Need Recommendation on Ext. Floppy Disk Drive ..

Have been looking at Floppy Disk Readers for some 3.5 inch floppy disks which I un-earthed in storage .. Can anyone suggest/recommend a specific brand ? Walmart has a (I believe) brand called S...
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MrWizard
Moderator
May 06, 2013
i agree copy/transfer

BTW FYI a floppy disc IS digital media
its just happens to be 'outdated' digital media
but its more reliable than 'optical' media aka DVD/CD
it just doesn't hold as much data

downtheroad wrote:
Get the cheapest one you can find and use it to transfer the floppy disk stuff one time to digital media...like thumb drive, or hard disk.

I did mine on a friend's old computer that still had a floppy drive.

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