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

[Mitchell I. Wolfe]

You should be able to borrow a converter from the Lexington Cary public 
library.

See FLOPPY DISK DRIVE [1] which is a USB to 1.44MB floppy disk reader.

It's in the Library of Things [2].

-- Mitch

On 2023-08-21 17:58, Smita Desai via LCTG wrote:

> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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 I have about a dozen floppy disks (3.5) with an unpublished book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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[1] https://carylibrary.org/floppy-disk-drive
[2] https://carylibrary.org/library-things
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