can I read a 3.5 " diskette with this drive ?
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No, this is only for reading Zip Disks. You need to get a drive made to read the 3.5" disks. They do exist. I have a LaCie Floppy Disk Drive which connects with USB. It is Plug and Play. It is compatible with PCs going back as far as Windows 98 and up to XP, but probably also 7. Also Macs from 8.6 to 10.1 and above. Hope this info helps. Here is a link for one: http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-706018-Floppy-Disk-Drive/dp/B00006B938/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
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Hi unfortunately i was unable to read the 3.5 diskette with my drive.this may have been due to the time that had passed since i used the 3.5 diskette.when i tried to read them they came up as unformatted but that may have been due to possibly 1 year maybe a bit longer since i had used them.hope this helps. my advice find a disk with not too much valuable info and give it a try.
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No, this is only for reading Zip Disks. You need to get a drive made to read the 3.5" disks. They do exist. I have a LaCie Floppy Disk Drive which connects with USB. It is Plug and Play. It is compatible with PCs going back as far as Windows 98 and up to XP, but probably also 7. Also Macs from 8.6 to 10.1 and above.Hope this info helps.Here is a link for one: LaCie 706018 USB Ext Floppy Disk Drive
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What K. A. Teets says makes sense. My 3.5" worked well accommodating my desktop drive.
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Yes, it will work with the 3.5" hard drive! The 5.25" are the outside dimensions, that will fit on a CD ROM or DVD bay which are 5.25"
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Assuming you are looking for a desktop hard drive, you should be able to use any Serial-ATA drive that will fit in a 3.5" bay compartment. Right now, the "sweet spot" for getting the most bang for the buck is a 2TB drive - http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000DM001/dp/B005T3GRN2/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1403804113&sr=1-7
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Not officially, but as long as the drive has a standard SATA port, you can set it in there and lean it up against the side of the thing. It will read, but it is by no means a permanent solution. For laptop drives lookup the thunderbolt goflex adapter, it's better suited for 2.5 inch drives.
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NO 3.5 inch floppy. Looks like there's a knockout panel slot for a 3.5" floppy, tho. There is a CD drive.
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You can have two 3.5" hard drives, three 2.5" hard drives or a 3.5" and a 2.5" together.
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You would need a carrier for the 2.5" disk to fit into the 3.5" opening. It would be possible but I would not recommend it.
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If you mean so you can put a 2.5 inch drive in a 3,5 SATA external enclosure, I do not think so actually.
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If the 3.5" floppy drive is a standard drive, it should work. I'm using it on a CNC Milling machine with no problems. Documentation will be your biggest issue.
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I put a 3TB in it and it does not recognize the entire drive. I have 746.52GB unusable space on the Disk.
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In order: 1) No. To put it simply, format=erase. You'll have to move the files to something else, then move them back after formatting. 2) Not necessarily (see 3) 3) 3.5" drives require more power than USB can supply, so you must use an external power supply for these drives. MOST 2.5" drives will be adequately powered by USB, though some have reported that large, fast (ie: 250GB, 7200 RPM) 2.5" HDDs are occasionally underpowered over USB. This can also depend on the mfr of the external interface. Rule of thumb is that 3.5" will always require an external power supply, 2.5" usually will not.
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Yes! I believe most 2.5 inch drives will fit in the PS3. Check the drive that's already in there for peace of mind before ordering!
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Unfortunately no. The slot is only wide enough for a 3.5 in disk. To physically get a 5.25 inch floppy in this drive you would definitely destroy the disc and almost certainly the drive as well.
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No. I tried hooking up a 3 TB drive and you have to format it NTSF which doesn't go up to 3 TB.Tech support said you can format the drive with two partitions. But that didn't work for me.
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Mine could... and it 'should'... since all the 1.44 diskette read/writers were backward compatible. I'd heard 'they' bought these off the used market and put them in a 'USB Box'--- So, the original DD read/writers are ancient---- they went out quick in favor of the 1.44's that were backward compatible. Also, there's a Driver that comes with it you may/may-not need. So--- it 'should', mine did... but I can't promise you 100.00% anything. :-)
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No, from what I can tell your looking at a 3.5" hard drive and you have a laptop, so you need to look into 2.5" hard drives. this is a save bet for you WD Black 750GB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 9.5 MM 2.5 Inch - WD7500BPKX