Floppy Disk Reader 3.5 inch External USB Floppy Disk Drive Floppy Disc Reader for PC Laptop Windows 11/10 (Frosted Texture, 3.5 Inch)

Works great. With proper software I was able to retrieve old files from late 90's.

EDIT: seller explained to me that you must right click the windows 11 explorer and click "refresh" in order to update the contents of the device and read the data off the newly inserted floppy disk. Its also described in troubleshooting section 3 page 9 of the manual. Thanks!Does not work as expected. Here is how this works: If you insert a floppy disk ( lets call it A1 ) with data on it, read the data, then close the file explorer and remove the floppy disk, and re-enter the floppy disk drive on your computer ( windows 11 ) you will still see the data even though the floppy disk was taken out. In tech speak, I think the drive ( adapter ) stores a cache of the data of the previous floppy disk that was inserted. Furthermore, if you insert any further floppy disks ( B1, C1, D1, etc., etc. ,) - let's say B1 for this example, this disk will read the same data as A1 UNTIL you unplug the device, and plug it back in using the B1 floppy disk. Meaning, if you want accurate readings of multiple disks ( let's say you have a stack of floppy disks to go through ) - if you want to read all the disks, you have to unplug and plug it in each time, other wise when you are reading one floppy disk it will always read the data on the previous floppy disk inserted.Bad design. Doesn't work as expected but it is one of the only floppy disk readers on the market and once I figured out how to use it I was able to get the job done with a lot of time and effort. I feel sorry for the usb-c port on my windows 11 computer.EDIT: seller explained to me that you must right click the windows 11 explorer and click "refresh" in order to update the contents of the device and read the data off the newly inserted floppy disk. Its also described in troubleshooting section 3 page 9 of the manual. Thanks!

Reliable if a little loud. It read my old 3.5 diskettes like it was back in the 90s.

Worked perfectly on a recent computer running Windows 10. Any floppy drive will be noisy and slow in my experience.

This drive is great for reading your old 3.5 inch floppy disks quickly and easily. Just remember to use a USB port that is attached to your motherboard (likely on the back of your PC), not from a USB dock (also likely not on the front of your computer). This is because the drive has no electrical connection, power must be supplied by the USB port.

Good intentions but poor outcomes. I saw mixed reviews and thought give it a try. It's nice compact design. The eject is a bit fussy but with a little wiggle it gives up the disk. My windows 10 pro had no problem adding the device. However, the unit failed! It never stops clicking even without a disk. And the media never loads. Tried 5 separate disks that all worked in other PCs. Windows reported an I/O error after trying to read.Dashed hopes, did an Amazon return and will look at other options. See the pics

This came w a touching letter written by Michael. He says he grew up in the 80s and 90s surrounded by floppy discs and VHS. He understands the sentimentality of wanting to preserve documents. I thought I had lost my mother‘s manuscript forever the computer that it was on Would not start but out fell a floppy disk and I was hopeful that I would be able to retrieve it from that disc. The problem was that I had no other computer that had a floppy disk drive, so I ordered this and opened the Files without a problem. Try to use the oldest computer possible . I kept 2 old Dell computers. It opened without a problem and I found the long lost manuscript.

I bought this to read about 10 floppy disk I saved from 90’s. Only 2 were readable. This is not the device’s fault. I repeated the test with smartdisk floppy reader with exactly the same results. The advertised life of a 3.5” floppy is 10-20 years. So you will find most are duds. The other problem is your operating system may not recognize the format. I had one Mac disk which Windows 11 is able to see but does bot recognize the format. Most disks I have is FAT32 so you wont have problems with those. The moral of the review is keep your expectations low when attempting to read 20+ year old floppy disks.