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Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch
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Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch

(11 customer reviews)
$10.39
  • Floppy Disk Reader for PC: As most modern laptops and desktop computers no longer come equipped with internal floppy disk drive for reading floppy diskettes, this 3.5 inch external USB floppy drive is an excellent solution to reading and writing your old floppy disks as easy as a built-in floppy disc reader. Retrieve Your Memories, for all the people that grew up with floppy disks, this is a return to the past.
  • Plug and Play: No extra driver is required, USB powered. Just insert your USB connector to your computer with the disk inside the drive, then bring up Windows File Explorer, right click the drive A icon under “Devices and Drives”and select “open” option, you could retrieve the files in your floppy disks. Windows system has a lot of hidden options for File Explorer, please bring up “Devices and Printers”- TEACV0.0 to open your floppy disks if you cannot see the drive in File Explorer.
  • Ultra thin and Portable USB Floppy Drive: With ultra-slim (Only 0.63inch thick) design and lightweight(Only 0.52Ib), you can easily carry and use this compact USB floppy disk reader to retrieve your wedding photos, childhood photos, favorite poetry, university graduation thesis, novel manuscript and favorite songsinside your floppy disks at anywhere, no matter in the office, at school, at home or during travel. It’s a great gift idea for someone who have a lot of memories in the floppy discs.
  • Wide Compatibility: This USB floppy disk reader is not compatible with mac, only compatible with Windows 11/ 10/ 8.1/ 7/ Vista/ XP/2000 OS, please confirm your operating system before placing an order.
  • 【Important Notes】1.Please try different USB connectors if it does not register at your computer. 2. Please claim your warranty if your item makes a buzzing noise. 3. Please check your disk condition before read it, because floppy disks are products of the 80s and 90s of the last century, and has a history of 30 to 40 years, the retention of time is too long, some floppy disks may have been corrupted, got mold or dust, some of your floppy disks may not be opened by our drive successfully.

SKU: 10120250024

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SKU: 10120250024
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Description

Upgraded External USB 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk Reader Drive for PC, Laptop and Desktop

USB floppy disk reader, get your files inside the old floppy disks

Achieve Your Memories, Return to the Past!

How to use it:

1.First insert your floppy disk into the Floppy Drive, then plug USB connector into an USB port on your computer directly with no hub, no extension cable, no adapter (You need to plug into the motherboard mounted ports, the ports on the back of the computer if yours is a desktop). Wait until your computer recognizes the new USB device, and settles.

2.The Drive will whir for a few seconds. After the disk stops whirring, bring up Windows File Explorer.

3.The Main Menu Tree will appear on the left side of the screen, but the Floppy Drive will probably not show up there. This is normal. If it does show up, skip to Step 7.

4. Click on the “This PC”listing on the Main Menu Tree. The main screen should show all the drives in the computer, including the new Floppy Drive, which should be shown as “Drive A:” or “Floppy Disk Drive (A:)” .

5. Right-Click on the “Drive A:”Floppy Drive icon. A menu should appear.

6. At the top of the Right-Click Menu should be “open”. Click it. This lets the Operating System “see” the Floppy Drive. “Drive A:” Floppy Drive icon should now appear on the left Main Menu Tree, and can be used like any other Drive in the system.

7. To see the files stored on the Floppy Drive, click on “Drive A:” Floppy Drive in the Main Menu Tree, and the files should appear on the Main Screen.

8. Cut, Paste, Copy the files as you would other files in the system.

9. When done, press the mechanical eject button on the unit to eject the disk and insert the second disk, disk contents do refresh after double click the “Drive A:” icon in File Explorer.

Important Notes:

1. Please try different USB connectors if it does not register at your computer.

2. Please let us know if your item makes a buzzing noise.

3. Please check your disk condition before read it, because floppy disks are products of the 80s and 90s of the last century, and has a history of 30 to 40 years, the retention of time is too long, some floppy disks may have been corrupted, got mold or dust, some of your floppy disks may not be opened by our drive successfully.

How to Find the Floppy Disk Drive (A:) in Windows 11

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As windows 10/11 has a lot of hidden options for “Windows Files Explorer”, sometimes the drive icon will not appear in “Windows Files Explorer”,you have to bring up “Devices and Printers” to get it.

Please find “Floppy Disk Drive(A:)” through the following path: Start → Settings → Bluetooth & other devices → Devices → Related settings → More device and printer settings → TEACV0.0. Right – click on TEACV0.0, click “Browse files” and open “Floppy Disk Drive (A:)”.

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Q: “Reading speed is slow?”

A: “Yes, it is slow, but it’s normal, because floppy disks were never fast.”

Tips: Please do not expect this external USB floppy disk drive to work with the speed of today’s storage devices, as floppy disks are characterized by small capacity and slow reading speed. Make a big glass of iced tea, (coffee or an adult beverage will work, too) turn on the music and transfer those files.

Not Compatible With Mac, only compatible with windows 11/10/10 Pro/8/7/2000/XP.

floppy disk drive for windows 10/11

Tips:

✔Not all of yours disks were readable, that is a factor of age, not the drive. Some of the data had been corrupted if they are too old or they are not stored appropriately. Floppy disks are from many years ago, they are very fragile, it is very very difficult for us to preserved well. Maybe you cannot open your floppy disks, the drive cannot be used for a period of time after delivery or still see the content of the frist floppy disks if your floppy disks are too old or the floppy disks get dust on it.

✔Not Compatible With Mac, only compatible with windows 11/10/10 Pro/8/7/2000/XP.

✔Windows 11/10 system has a lot of show/hide options for File Explore,so you maybe cannot see the drive icon named “Floppy disk drive (A:)” after bring up “Windows File Explorer“, please bring up “Devices and Printers” and right-Click on the drive icon named “TEACV0.0” under the “Devices”, Hover cursor over “Browse files” and then click on “Floppy disk drive(A:)”, then you will see the content of your disks.

✔It still shows the files from the 1st diskette when you insert 2nd diskette, please go to “more options” and “refresh” in file explorer before it displays the new content. Or disk contents do refresh after double click the A: drive icon in File Explorer, you can browse elsewhere on your computer and then go back to floppy disk drive(A:) and the contents of the disk will be updated. Please skip to Trouble Shooting 3 if you still cannot get the content of second disk.

✔Floppy disk is characterized by small capacity and slow reading speed, please give it some time to load the data. It’s normal that you hear the nostalgic soft little whirring sound as it loaded your old files. Please always wait for the disks to stop whirring before trying to do anything else.

✔This is a universal external 3.5 inch floppy disk reader, can’t play 5.25 inch discs,and can’t be used with TV, car, smartphone.

✔When using this usb floppy drive, please connect it to the the ports on the back of the computer if yours is a desktop.

✔Please insert the disk into the drive firstly, and then plug the USB connector into your computer USB port, then your computers will recognize the drive soon.

✔No worries if you don’t see a light on the front of the drive when you plug it in, you will see it when your drive start to read/write your disks.

✔Please do not use an USB hub,USB extension cable or USB adapter to prevent the drive from working properly due to insufficient power.

✔Sometimes you can see the files, copy and move them, but we cannot open it. Because our computer was so new that it did not have correct software on it that would open some of the old files on the disks, you will need the specific application to open the file. It’s software problem,not the drive.

✔Unlike flash drives you can’t unmount the drive or eject the disks from windows. You have to press the button on the unit to eject the disk.

Portable Floppy Disk Drive

Ultra-slim (Only 0.63inch thick) design and lightweight(Only 0.52Ib) allow us to carry and use this portable external floppy disk reader drive at anytime, anywhere, no matter whether you are at home, in the office, or during a trip.

The USB cable of this USB floppy drive is 2.03ft long, 0.72ft longer than others’, more convenient to use even though plug it into USB ports on the back of computers. Built-in cable, convenient storage, never don’t worry about cable loss.

Nostalgic Soft Whirring Sound

It’s normal that you hear the soft little whirring sound as it loaded your old files, it’s nostalgic floppy disk’s sound, hearing the soft whirring sound was like going back to the past time.

USB Type A & Type C Adapter

This external floppy disk drive come with a USB Type-C adapter, so it is convenient to switch between USB type-A and type-C ports on old and new notebook or desktop computer.

Additional information

Weight 0.6 lbs
Dimensions 7 × 5.2 × 1.2 in
Manufacturer

‎Chuanganzhuo

11 reviews for Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch

  1. Debzdoo –


    Outstanding! It was super-easy to use and no there’s custom software required to use it. I had about 2 dozen disks; it read all of them perfectly and I copied the files from each disk onto a PC with ease – I was done with them in under an hour. Yay!

  2. will –


    I used this device on windows 11. It was found right away under file Explorer and this pc. At first I got discouraged because I forgot hard floppy disks had locks on them. My tab was slid to lock position and windows 11 wasn’t reading it until I unlocked it then immediately I was able to see the file name created back in 1995. It’s an image I made on paint on windows 95. I couldn’t view it however from windows 11 photos or paint. I got message saying unsupported file so I googled what to do about it. AI on Google suggested GIMP software which is free. I downloaded GIMP to my pc and was immediately able to view my old image! In the GIMP software I was able to save as and I could then view it with windows 11 photos. I was also able to save in a file of my choosing and now windows 11 opens it everytime. Good device. Definitely worth the purchase!

  3. Dan Columb –


    Works as it should, no problems

  4. Sean –


    This was only going to be a one or two time use purchase, so I didn’t want or need anything too expensive. This item had decent reviews and was one of the cheaper options, so I thought I’d go for it.Bottom line is, it works just fine. Connecting it to my laptop via a USB hub wasn’t a problem, although I did use a powered USB port just in case. It read the floppies I needed it to and all went well.When you connect it, it’s not obvious Windows (Windows 10 Pro 64 bit) has recognized it. Nothing happens. A new drive letter does not appear in Windows Explorer. Even putting a floppy in the drive doesn’t make it respond in any noticeable way. To get things going I moused over the “Safely remove hardware and eject media” icon on the task bar and selected Open Devices and Printers. The floppy drive appears in the Devices section as TEACV0.0. I right clicked on this icon and the drive came to life. From the pop-up menu I selected Browse Files -> Floppy Disk Drive (A:) and I was off to the races. A familiar Windows Explorer window appeared with a directory listing of what was on the floppy disc I’d just inserted. From there it was a simple case of copy and paste to another disc. Easy.I have several old 3.5″ IDE floppy disc drives in a box somewhere. I could have found a way to plumb one of those into my modern setup, but for $11.95, my time was better spent buying this USB solution.I’ll probably never use it again which is a shame because it works great and there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a simple, plug ‘n’ play solution that was cheap enough to make it a no brainer purchase. Recommended.

  5. Evets –


    The floppy desk readers that I had bought from you works great excellent condition excellent price. I was suggest this to anyone thank you for your product product.

  6. Natucha –


    First sign that is a cheap unit is that will keep trying to read a disc even if there is no one installed.Decent floppy drives will not try to read if there is no disc inserted. Leaving this unit connected will make the computer incredible slow, since windows will try to access the unit all the time and since the unit will try to read a non inserted disk and takes like 10 seconds to time out.ON top of that mine does not work at all. I have a “vintage” computer, with floppy drive, that reads the discs perfectly, none of the disc could be read by this unit. Trying to format it will end up on error on sector 0 unreadable.Garbage

  7. H. S. –


    I was trying to recover data from floppies to my Windows 10 Home machine. I ended up trying five different devices and am posting my review to let you know my results.First, all five devices worked PERFECTLY on my Windows 7 Pro laptop. However, when plugging in to my Windows 10 machine, three of them would only sit and spin with the drive light on, even though they were recognized as drives by Win10.After a little looking, I found that the devices that worked on my Windows 10 machine identified themselves and used the driver for the Y-E Data USB floppy, while the devices that just sat and spun identified themselves and used the driver for a TEAC floppy drive. So there must be a little difference in the internal configuration of the drive that is causing the issue.I tried 5 devices and found that the Tendak USB Floppy Disk Drive worked perfectly, as did the Esynic USB Floppy Drive . Both identified as Y-E Data USB floppy drives. When they were plugged in, they worked smoothly and quietly. It was a toss-up which one to choose to keep, but I eventually went with the Tendak because it seemed slightly quieter and faster, but that was really subjective. The Tendak also had more information such as a warranty card and information on how to contact support, while the Esynic box was empty. As far as quality of the drive, they seemed identical. If I had needed more than one drive, I would have kept them both.For me, initially the Sabrent External USB 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (FL-UDRV) seemed the nicest. The box was glossy with information covering it, you’d expect to see this sitting on a shelf in a big box store. (All other drives came in plain brown boxes). There were touches of quality in how the drive was packed, the box was made to fit it with a area for the cable to fit in and a dust cover over the USB end to keep it clean. It came with a beautiful guide to using the floppy, including information like the write-protect switch and not removing a floppy while the drive light is on, that newer users would not be familiar with. They also had a support phone number, and the person who answered seemed to be an American. Unfortunately, this was one of the devices that would not work on my Windows 10 machine. It identified as a TEAC USB Floppy drive, and when plugged in it simply had the drive light turn on and continuously seek for data. It worked perfectly in my Windows 7 machine, and was very fast and smooth. The support representative was not aware of any issue that would prevent it from working on my machine, and it does work on other people’s Windows 10 machines. If I hadn’t needed it working on my Windows 10 machine as well, I would have kept this one in a heartbeat. From other reviews, it appears that it works on other people’s Windows 10 machines, so I’d recommend you at least try it.The last two devices were both from Chuanganzhuo. 3.5″ USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD for PC Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10,for Mac,No Extra Driver Required,Plug and Play,Black and the 3.5″ USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD for PC Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10 +Dustproof Scratch-Resistant External Bag Case,No External Driver,Plug and Play. Both devices worked fine on Windows 7 Pro, but on Windows 10 Home they immediately had the drive light up and started a very loud seek process that never finished. These devices were louder than any other drive I tested, but did work just fine under Windows 7. Both used the TEAC USB Floppy driver as well.My conclusion: If you are lucky enough to be one of those whose computers will use the Sabrent External USB 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (FL-UDRV), get that drive. It is quality. If you can’t, either the Tendak USB Floppy Disk Drive or the Esynic USB Floppy Drive will probably make you happy.

  8. Gregory Pioppi –


    Not that you might need them but usage and troubleshooting documentation was included and it is well written….Not your normal “Engrish” translations.

  9. Saifuddin charbiwala –

    Go for it
    Very handy, compact , user friendly

  10. Derek T. –

    looks quality and value for the money.
    easy to use just plug in and the drive did the rest.

  11. D –

    Absolute fail out of the box
    Failed to connect to laptop via faulty USB and then snagged floppy on eject causing unrepairable damage to disk. Complete waste of time and money.

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