Can you use it to write files to the floppys also?
1865437
Sorry but I did not need to write to the floppy, therefore I did not use it to write files. I was downloading pictures onto a hard drive.
1865438
Yes, the drive does write files to the floppy disk. However, I had it connected to my computer for over 12 hours, and there was a "disk error" that caused my computer to crash. I started the computer right back up, though. I decided for the future, to just use the drive for short periods, and I believe things would be fine.
1167871
It can me used like any other USB storage device. You can copy files from one machine and move them to another.
1837065
From my experience, it is good for reading Information contained on 1.44 MB Floppy Discs. Hope this help answer your question.
311656
I would guess yes it does, I know it works with embroidery machines. Check out your current drive if it's standard power plug and data cable for floppy, this should work. Te biggest problem is formatting your thumb drive properly, I have some links to the software if you need it.
2050238
Not unless you have IOMEGA zip disks you need to access. As others have said, it's old technology. You probably want a flash drive that is compatible with current computers.
120469
Sorry I only run windows 7. The floppy disk drive on windows 7 is a plug and play.
1096047
Floppy isn't being read probably due to track alignment differences between drive used to create the floppy and trying to read it on another device. If you have an unformatted floppy, format it, and it should work.
2119969
The simple answer is "No". The USB stick just needs to be formatted as a floppy. You don't really need any special software at all. But the software that comes with it does a better job of formatting a usb stick. One suggestion is use a small usb stick though, otherwise you will be wasting a lot of space. It worked great on a Burney cnc machine.
387872
Don't know about the compatability with thinkpad, but you can retrieve files from it and also write files onto the floppy disk. It is a little slow though.
1625103
It would not read any floppy disks. I did find one at TigerDirect and CDW that works. It is a BYTECC BT-144 and is around $24 at either store.
1972717
Yes, great for that purpose. Just remember to back up your files regularly :)
1542069
Yes, the external floppy drive works fine with my W8.1 desktop. Haven't had to use it on my W7 laptop but think it should be fine.
163743
Yes you can. However, it might not if you format the thumb drive to a different format. e.g. FAT32 versus NTFS or whatever?
2119967
No it will emulate the 1.44 meg floppy drive that it replaces. The trick is getting the usb stick formatted to the 1.44 meg .
545222
Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
326289
Unless there are limitations imposed by your motherboard, you can; however, the concept of using striped format is really something that helps hard drives with movable disks. Nevertheless, I've never tried it, but it sounds feasible. Good luck
1827591
Yes, I have it in use actualmete with backups of my files .. It works excellently