Why did I buy a USB floppy drive?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มี.ค. 2020
- This unboxing video gives a review and reasons why I bought this device for Mac and PC.
The price has gone up.
#floppydrive
USB Floppy Drives
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great, I can load my RAID drivers now
Quick question. The files that you had on the floppy what version of Windows were those files from? I have found some floppy disk that were used around the time of millennium edition or possibly XP. When I try to recover those files if I buy a floppy drive should I easily be able to transfer those files onto Windows 10? I've heard that some of the floppy drives will allow you to record new data, but were unable to read old data.I have some old photos on floppy that I would like to recover so I'm trying to find a good USB floppy drive for Windows 10 64-bit version.
Mine can read floppy disks from the late 1990s using Windows 10 or Apple OS X.
@@TechTVusa Awesome. I went ahead and ordered one. Hoping that the data isn't corrupted as it's been many years since these floppies have been accessed. Wish me luck lol
@@boondox270 were you able to read the old data on a Windows 10 system? If yes, you can probably read the data using an Android device as well
@@utubestalker.dotcom I was not able to read them. I think they actually were so old that the data is corrupt
its good to have but im having issues with it on windows 10
it hangs my explorer.exe until i unplug it.
i cant find drivers or other fixes
also winimage doesnt like it i think
I bought the same thing as yours. However, I can't copy to my Win 7, I have error 0x800706F9, said the disk media is not formatted, do you have any idea for that issue?
Do you have a brand new floppy disk you can test?
I got the same one but it says A:\ Request is not supported. can you help?
Pretty cool man! I got a Panasonic floppy reader but my when i put the floppys in it it doesn't read them? What do you think the issue could be? I was thinking maybe i have to open the reader and clean it.
Why try to fix it? You can get a brand new drive for less that ten bucks including shipping at newegg.com.
@@TechTVusa , you really don't have an answer for the problem, right? How many floppy disks do you think we should buy that has the same issue when plug it in? :-(
@@dianneanderson731 Mine works just fine. Things Happen stated he has a Panasonic. It is logical to try a different brand. I never suggested buying anymore than one drive. Learn to comprehend what you are reading. If the new drive does not work it can be returned. Also keep in mind is not like the USB Floppy Drives cost $185.00.
I have the same one but cannot copy any files from W10 to the Fat32 disks because I am using NTFS Windows 10
I bought this to create Win98 start up disks but cannot write files to it (yes I formatted the disks)
Do they do good long term? I would like to know if it’s fine to just buy one of these or spend a little more more for something that will last longer?
How often do you plan on using it?
@@TechTVusa Probably once in a while, but when I do use it, I want it to actually work. Also I didn’t know if these work good in a virtual machine or not. Or if it’s better to buy a real floppy drive, and get a IDE to USB adapter
@@camerons829 You will have to invest some money and test things out for yourself.
i need the file to please i have win 10
I was thinking about buying one of these to play old games on floppys, do games work with it
I think they would.
@@TechTVusa Ok thanks I dont know much about this stuff so thanks
TechTVusa yup you were right i love this video now floppy disc's are on my list 👍
Glad you like them!
for me these drives only work in windows explorer, i cant write any floppy images with rawwrite or winimage.
And if i format the floppy in windows explorer its unreadable for all other devices.
Its basicly useless, "drag and drop" is the only thing what i can do with these drives, nothing else works.
And my drive starts to read floppys when i open some dir on my desktop or somewhere else, i have to unplug it when its unused.What the hell is going on?
Maybe yours is defective. I tested mine out about five or six months ago using my PC and my Mac Mini. It worked with both.
@@TechTVusa the drive sometimes searches for diskettes when I open a folder on the desktop or somewhere else in explorer (but not always).
I think windows explorer somehow reserves it for itself so that other programs can't work properly with it.
It doesn't matter, I'm now using your laptop from 1999 to create it, it sucks but it works.
On my Windows 10 Pro all I get is "The disk media is not recognized. It may not be formatted." I have tried to use it on three different computers with 10 Pro. Same results.
Hello, I bought a device that connects a floppy disk to a PC via USB to transfer rhythms to my Korg PA55. However, when I format the floppy disk with the Korg and format it from the Korg, the PC does not read the floppy disk. When I format the floppy disk with the PC and transfer data, the Korg does not read the floppy disk at all. How can I solve this problem?....That's exactly the same device I bought
The Korg may not be compatible with the PC. You could try an iMac. Go to Best Buy with your floppy drive and see what happens.
I have a question. Does a floppy disk drive work on a Chromebook to use
I am not sure. You will have to test it out yourself.
I have bought the same and it became unrecognised by windows at the 3rd disk. At the events window, driver errors arised. I unplugged and pluggued it and the usb drive was totally died. Amazon returned me the money
Perhaps it was a faulty product. That being said I have written to the drive several times and went back and forth from my Mac and PC several times without fail. Mine works great.
@@TechTVusa thanks for your answer. Our device is a "copy" of the NEC UF002 which we still use on my job for certain machines (cnc machines that read the program through the floppy) and it works like a charm.
I like a lot your videos. Keep going on.
@@TechTVusa It could be some secret copy protection downloaded when the dive was connected to the PC kinda Mira vision VHS but with floppy.
I bought one of these to get old pics off and load them back on to a photo stick. I can't get my computer to recognize it. Is there a app for it?
It should work right out of the box unless the newest version of Windows and OS X have done away with floppy disks.
Try using an emulator
Sadly, Raayoo usb floppy drive will not work with Windows 11, at least not for me. I tried looking for drivers or something, but nothing seems to work. Guess I have to try and find an old pc with windows XP, or something.
work windows 10?
why are some more versatile than others? I have one external drive that works with everything and one that only works w windows even though it claims otherwise
I bought one on amazon, says raayoo and it works then doesn't work, windows 10 says it has updated driver, so frustrating1
Sorry to hear that. Mine worked great. Can you test it on another system (local library)?
@@TechTVusa i tested on windows 8 computer
Same sporadic results 8-(
@@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594 I would return it as a defective item.
Can we make a DOS formatted diskette with this?"
You should be able to.
i was still using a pentium processor till like a couple years ago , with a couple gigs of ram ... i used to play pes13 on it :)
I might rebuild my Pentium 2/3 system.
Can I play old DOS games off of them on DOSBox?
I imagine you could if they fit on a floppy but I cannot say for sure.
Yes
I got one to use on my raspberry pi 3b+ so i can turn it into a cyberdeck that uses floppy
This s a 3.5" diskette drive! Diskette not floppy. Now, they may be calling it a floppy but its predecessor was a 5-1/4" floppy drive and it was floppy, and its predecessor was an 8" floppy drive and it was ridiculously floppy. You can call it what you want but it is a diskette drive. I have one of these USB diskette drives and it works reading some old BASIC executables and program files. I got this for free in the ewaste bins at the transfer station. My old w95 and 98 machines have 3.5" diskette drives but they are either broken or unreliable.
I was disappointed that you didn't show the device being used, even though it was an unboxing video, and you seemed to leave the topic at hand for awhile. Your voiceover was very good, but the script was off a bit. I have to give you an OK but I was disappointed. Sorry.
The video would have been more enjoyable if you had pulled your head out of your ass before watching it.
I ordered one and it came already broken. It says the diskette is write protected even though it isn't.
You should return it.
@@TechTVusa My mom said that she will not return it (she bought me that FDD). She said that we will go to the city and try to get it repaired, btw do you have any idea what could be wrong with it? When I put in a floppy and try to open it, it says that it can't be opened and that it may not be formated, when I try to format it, it says it is write protected, it happens on every single diskette. Thank you in advance.
@@TechTVusa And it was pretty expensive too. 52€
You might be trying to repair a defective item. It should have been returned.
@@TechTVusa Hmm if I knew how, I was happy when I was able to order it in the first place, well my mom will go to the city tommorow and take it to a repairman, hope it could be repaired.
Link to purchase?
Any of them from newegg or amazon should work.
i hate to admit it but i have a lot of FDD games and just install them manually xD so i keep mine velcroed on my laptops lidnear the base.
Does it also write?
It will read and write.
@@TechTVusa Thank you.
Great video btw.
Great info! Thanx Man, pls kiu🍔
Hi....i searched for a video like this....out of curiousity 😆
Now you have found it. That being said I have a lot of off the wall gadgets if you checkout my channel.
Why not transfer the data just using LAN? Faster, more reliable and cheaper. The only reason to use an USB drive is to copy files to a computer that cannot easily access any network, such as really old computer (i.e. Commodore 64 era and etc).
WTF dude? A router, hub and cables would be more than $7.99. That is what I paid for my USB floppy drive. They have gone up in price to about $17.00. Even the USB wi-fi blue tooth adapters would be more than $7.99 and you would need one for each computer. It is handy to have the USB floppy drive if you need to get a word document off and old computer from 1993 with a floppy drive. It would also be foolish to buy networking hardware for an old computer when you just need to get a spreed sheet or word document. Having said that you should be able to realize I bought it as a novelty item. Your comment would be like asking someone why they bought a used Apple 2 computer on ebay in 2023 when they could get a new i9 13900K and an RTX 3080 that would be much faster than an Apple 2 computer. Do you see my point?
@@TechTVusa Everyone has a router at their home nowadays, and you don't need a switch nor a bluetooth USB adapter. As long as your old PC has integrated LAN into the motherboard (quite common in the late 90s or early 2000s), you ONLY need one ethernet cable that costs 5 bucks or less. Add 5 to 10 bucks for a PCI LAN adapter in case your old PC doesn't have integrated one. An usb floppy drive + disks will cost already more than that. Other than the 1-time novelty experience, there is no point in using your setup for this use case. The only use is if you need to create a boot disk or something similar.
The comparison with an Apple 2 doesn't make sense because what you do with an Apple 2 and with a modern PC are different things, while with your floppy drive and the LAN cable method is the same goal, but your floppy drive is more expensive, less reliable, much slower and more cumbersome.
@@kobe3576
How old are you? When did you build your first PC?
I originally got the USB floppy drive as a novelty item. I don't actually have to get any old MS Word documents of an old PC. Having said that I did not have a router, hub Wi-FI or any networking devices at the time I made this video (don't make assumptions). I did get USB Blue Tooth/Wi-Fi adapters since making the video but I did not get one for my old Pentium 2 computer because it is USB 1 not USB 2. The USB 1 would be a bottle neck for my Wi-FI setup and I am not going to run CAT 5 or CAT 6 cables through my house or apartment and invest in a PCI networking card just to get an old MS Word document. My Pentium 2 computer does not have a networking port. Your solution is more expensive than $7.99 and is a pain in the ass just to get an old MS Word document from a 1993 computer. Keep in mind I am not trying to surf the internet in 2023 with a PC from 1993 or 1999.
A lot of computers from 1989 or 1993 did not have ethernet ports, PCI slots nor did they have USB ports.Have you heard of an ISA expansion slot? An Apple 2 computer would not have PCI slots or USB ports. It would have a floppy drive. Most computers in the 1980s and 1990s had a floppy drives and with my USB floppy drive I can easily share data with older PCs. Do you see my point? I should let you know I have about 50 floppy disks. So do many people with old PC from 1988 or even 1999. I hope you can admit your response had a lot incorrect information and the USB floppy drive is the easiest option do get an old MS Word document from and old Mac or an old PC.
@@TechTVusa Please, don't change what I said. I said that computers in the **late 90s early 2000s** already had in many cases integrated LAN cards, besides USB port/s. Why you talk now about 1989 or 1993? Never in your vid was mentioned computers from 1989 or 1993, but only a Pentium III machine. It doesn't make any sense to use a floppy disk to transfer from a Windows 10 machine to a Pentium 3, were you can use already an USB stick. If you have a USB bluetooth adapter, why not just use a damn USB stick instead of a floppy disk? You see that it doesn't make any sense?
Even you can easily find Win 95 Pentium 1 PCs already with USBs. And setting up a LAN is a hassle if you don't know well how to do it. And FYI, LAN didn't exist to browse internet but to exchange data among computers (hence the name LOCAL area network), so using LAN is a natural way to do this thing.
Now that you mention Apple 2, Macintosh, earlier computers and ISA slots, you don't know what serial connection is? Most, if not ALL computers from the 70s all the way to early 2000 and even more have serial connectivity at least. You can find USB to Serial cables off amazon for 5 bucks if not less. That is the only thing you need to transfer files faster, easily and without chance of errors. And besides as you yourself mention in your video, many of these older computers use different disk formats that are not supported by most of the USB disk drives. Can your usb drive properly format 640Kb, 800Kb, 1.2 Mb or 1Mb disks, just to mention a few? Can it? Those are common formats used by early computers. And yes, many people have floppy disks, but also many people do not have them, so what is your point with that? My response didn't have any incorrect information, but your message lacked knowledge and was misleading.
@kobe3576
How old are you? When did you build your first computer? I know what LAN stands for Boo Boo. Have you heard of the LX and BX chipset? If not stop arguing with me. Having said that why not educate yourself and listen to what I am saying instead of arguing with me and looking foolish in the process?
The good motherboards in 1998 and even 2002 did not have Ethernet ports on the I/O shield. They did have floppy drive ports. Do you see my point? By 2006 a lot of motherboards had an integrated Ethernet and integrated audio. I don't like that. I would rather buy a separate PCI card for that.
USB started being sold on motherboards in 1998 when USB 1.1 was released but a lot of motherboard in 1998 did not have USB 1.1 ports. No system from 1995 had USB 1.0 ports because it was not released until 1996. The first release of Windows 95 did not have USB support. Later editions of Windows 95 did get USB support and even Firewire support. Trust me I was building computers back then.
Do you know how to delete the master boot record? If not you should not be arguing with me.
Apple COM ports? You mentioned PCI LAN cards Boo Boo not me. Now you are talking about COM ports because you messed up. Why would I buy a COM port to USB adapter when the older Apple computer in the 80s and 90s had floppy drives? You are not making any sense. Not to mention Apple's OS 4 and even OS 5 would not have support for USB. Nor would it support AGP or PCIE. Do you see my point Boo Boo? As I stated the original release of Windows 95 did not have support for USB or Firewre.
Computers in 1988 and 2003 supported the 1.44 MB floppy disks. I used them all the time at college to transfer word documents from the computers on campus to my own PC. Do you now see the power of the floppy drive? That is what people used back in 1988 and even in 2003. In 2003 USB jump drives started to become popular. Just so you know USB 1.0 and USB 1.1 have slow read and write speeds.
Can you admit your comments had a lot of incorrect information?
Mac doesn't recognize it, not plug n play.
My Mac Mini recognizes it. Maybe the M1 Macs do not.
The narrator sounds tired out.
An other unboxing ..... so boring . Please take it OUT of the box ... the talk about the floppy drive . Geee is that all that difficult ?
If you don't like the video find one that you do like or create your own.
Can not take the heat stop doin what you do !