Feature(may vary by option.)

●Floppy Disk Reader for PC: As most modern laptops and desktop computers no longer come equipped with internal floppy disk drive for reading diskettes, this 3.5 inch external USB type A /C floppy disk 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.
●USB Floppy Drive with Trendy design: Brushed texture shell brings trendy sight and touch enjoyment. Wired cable design, worry- off cable missing any when and where. With ultra-slim (Only 0.7inch thick) design and lightweight(Only 0.6Ib), you can easily carry and use this compact 3 1/2 USB floppy disk drive to retrieve your beautiful memories inside your floppy disks at anywhere, no matter in the office, at school, at home or during travel. Its a great gift idea for someone who have a lot of memories in the floppy discs.
●Plug and Play: No extra driver program is required, powered by the USB cable. Just insert your floppy disk into floppy disk reader, then plug the USB connector to your computer and it will be automatically detected. Bring up Windows File Explorer, you will see drive A icon under "Devices and Drives", right click it and select open option, you could cut, paste, copy the files in your floppy disks as you would other files in the system.
●Wide Compatibility: This USB floppy disk reader is compatible with Windows 11/ 10/ 8.1/ 7/ Vista/ XP/2000 OS, not compatible with mac operating system, you can use it on most pc, laptop and desktop computers. 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.
●Tips: Not all of your disks were readable, that is a factor of age, not the drive. Floppy disks are products of the 80s and 90s of the last century, and has a history of 30 to 40 years, due to the retention of time is too long, some floppy disks may have been corrupted, got mold or dust, so some of your floppy disks may not be opened by our floppy disk drive successfully or the drive may can open some floppy disks fristly but stop working because of the dust on the disk. Note: Please check the status of the floppy disk carefully before reading it in case the drive stops working due to floppy disk issues.

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Chuanganzhuo 3.5 inch Floppy Disk Reader

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With the development of technology, the floppy disk is gradually phased out, now the computer has no built-in driver can read the floppy disk, so this USB 3.5 inch external floppy disk reader is a good solution to reading and writing your floppy disks.

Floppy Disk Reader - Return to the past, retrieve old photos from 80s

How to USE?

(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.

TIPS:

✔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.

Plug and Play, No driver needed, Dual USB A&C Connector

External USB Floppy Drive - Retrieve old files and pictures from Laptop

Portable Floppy Disk Drive

Ultra-slim (Only 0.7inch thick) design and lightweight(Only 0.6Ib) allow us to carry and use this external floppy disk reader drive at anytime.

USB Type A & C Adapter

This external floppy disk drive come with a USB Type C adapter, its convenient to switch between USB type-A and type-C ports on on old&new computers.

Not Compatible with

This floppy disk reader only compatible with PC, desktop and laptop with Windows 11/ 10 /10 pro/ 8 / 7 / Vista / XP/2000 operating system only.

Customized Longer Cord

The cable of this USB floppy drive is 2.03ft long, 0.72ft longer than others, more convenient to use even though plug into back USB ports.

It does not read floppy disk, why?

Maybe your drive cannot be used for a period of time after delivery or still see the content of the frist disks if your floppy disks are too old or the floppy disks get dust on it. Please Make sure your floppy disks are in good condition before use.

It still shows the files from the 1st diskette when you insert 2nd diskette?

please go to "more options" and choose the "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, then you can see the content from 2nd diskette.

Where is the drive icon? i cannot find it.

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 find the icon “TEACV0.0”.

Reading speed is slow, why?

Floppy disk is characterized by small capacity and slow reading speed, please give it some time to load the data, and please always wait for the disks to stop whirring before trying to do anything else.

We 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. Its software problem,not the drive.