[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Best way to transfer from floppy disks to Windows 10??

[Smita Desai]

Not sure about the services but I had used an external floppy drive that connected to a USB port. And it worked wel. And if it is USB, should work. Amazon has good return policy. 
Unfortunately I got rid of mine 

Best,
Smita Desai 

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> On Aug 21, 2023, at 5:51 PM, Tracy Marks via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
> 
> Folks -
> I'm somewhat of a lurker on this list, and am not very tech-savvy but
> have taught Photoshop, Elements and Gmail for years.
> 
> ISSUE:
> I have about a dozen floppy disks (3.5) with an unpublished book
> manuscript that I want to transfer to Windows 10 to reformat and
> submit (maybe) to a publisher. Granted,I don't know if the disks
> are still readable.
> 
> There seem to be two options:
> a) Send disks to a service that transfers floppy disk material
> to a cd (or makes it downloadable). That makes me nervous
> because of the cost and the trust involved.
> b) Purchase a floppy disk external drive.
> 
> The latter makes the most sense but I see dozens of posts online about
> people running into technical difficulties with external disk drives
> readable by Windows 10 and I don't have the technical savvy, or time/
> health/energy to deal with more stress right now.
> 
> Does anyone who has done this have a recommendation for:
> --service to use  and/or
> --external floppy disk drives (granted, many are being sold used but
>   Amazon does sell some
>    https://www.amazon.com/usb-floppy-drive-windows-10/s?k=usb+floppy+drive+windows+10
> This looks like a good bet
> https://www.amazon.com/Chuanganzhuo-Floppy-External-Desktop-Windows/dp/B0C33XQYQ8
> 
> Tracy Marks
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