Elite External USB Floppy Drive, Black

MX2376 External USB Floppy Drive, Black
MX2376 External USB Floppy Drive, Black

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Average Rating: 3.1 / 5 With 7 Customer Reviews

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Thursday, December 30, 2021
By: Scott
From: Edmonton

Drive works as advertised minus OS fun

Strengths:

works with 2HD 1.44MB floppy disks. have not tried other sizes. read and write work. to delete files, I had to right click, delete, then empty my trash folder. google says that floppy disks come pre-formatted with MS-DOS FAT12. Linux (Ubuntu) and MacOS Monterey did not need any drivers to use this. Have not tried windows.

Weaknesses:

none so far. would be nice if memory express sold floppies too...

Additional Comments:

used to load CNC programs onto floppy drives since serial port loading takes forever for modern programs OS used: macOS Monterey Process: 1) insert floppy into reader (make sure its clean!) 2) plug usb into computer (make sure Parallel doesn't grab the usb) 3) DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORMAT. I have had no success with any kind of formatting. this seems to be an OS problem, even Linux didn't have the needed FAT12 formatting. 4) To load a CNC program (O0123), I moved the file over, then right click, properties, and then REMOVE the file extension inside properties. it will ask are you sure, YES (this was the biggest hurdle, the old CNC controllers don't want a file extension) 5) wait until all noises and vibrations have stopped. The floppy drive should be silent, light off. 6) DO NOT EJECT THE FLOPPY DRIVE. the floppy was unusable after I tried that. 7) UNPLUG the usb floppy drive, then push the button to eject. The floppy disks were perfectly fine using above process. I'm reasonably sure the problems with formatting and ejecting are an OS incompatibility. just don't do those two things. I have had no success "fixing" a floppy disk I broke by attempting to format.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
By: Evan
From: Ottawa

Only for Windows XP

Additional Comments:

This drive is designed for Windows XP. It will not work on Windows 8 or 10, and there is no workaround.
Monday, December 9, 2013
By: Matt
From: Calgary

Hit and Miss

Strengths:

Compact When it works, it works well.

Weaknesses:

Dropping it will make it so you have to take the casing off to continue use Does not like long USB cables (6' work fine)

Additional Comments:

When it works well, it works for a while. I put this thing through the ringer, it read over a thousand floppy diskettes before quitting on me. Not knowing that they were hit and miss I went out to get another one to continue archiving and it lasted 2 disks. Unfortunately I had already tossed the box as I had assumed it would work like the previous.
Friday, February 24, 2012
By: Marcy
From: edmonton

External USB Floppy Drive Black

Strengths:

This product does read the floppy data

Weaknesses:

This product does not save any data to the floppy.

Additional Comments:

I feel ripped of. 44.99 plus tax and the product does not do all that it was purchased for.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
By: Oliver
From: Calgary

Works for me

Strengths:

- portable

Weaknesses:

- none

Additional Comments:

I've had this drive for over a year now. Really handy for system builds especially when installing a RAID setup. Now, motherboards don't come with a floppy connector onboard so having this in your tool kit is a must.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
By: Alex
From: Edmonton

I'm happy

Strengths:

Allowed installation of WinXP 32-bit onto a RAID 5 array on a computer without a floppy connector.

Weaknesses:

None

Additional Comments:

I almost did not buy this product because of the last review but when I got to the store the salesman convinced me to give it a try.

I was able to use this drive to format a 3.5" floppy and install the RAID drivers I needed to install WinXP on a new computer without a built in floppy drive.

I don't know what the other guys problem was. This drive did everything I wanted and it was way cheaper than the others.

I have no complaints.
Monday, September 20, 2010
By: Robert
From: Calgary

Does not work

Strengths:

Recognized by system but will not read the floppies.

Weaknesses:

Wants to format all disks. Will not read the data on the floppy.

Additional Comments:

Would not recommend this drive because of its failure to read the floppy and wanting to format. When trying to format a floppy...still fails. This drive fails to get my recommendation. Will be returning it for a refund.
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