SmartDisk FDUSB-B2 USB External Floppy Disk Drive

Manufacturer : SmartDisk In Stock : 1 List Price: $49.99 Price: $15.99 You Save: $34.00 (68%) Quantity : 1

Features

• Add back the floppy capability your computer's manufacturer removed to make your notebook lighter, or simply decided you didn't need!
• Simple to connect - Industry standard USB connection gets you up and running in seconds
• Package includes - Floppy drive, Quick Start Guide, Installation CD
• Finish - Black

Product Description

USB powered - no AC adapter needed / Reads and writes standard 1.44MB floppy disks at twice standard speed

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.50 out of 7 reviews

Rating :
Very Useful Gets The Job Done - Lizwel, Apr 17, 2008

I was already using the Lacie Floppy Disk Drive, but since I have two computers, I was constantly unplugging the floppy disk drive from one computer and re-plugging it into another one. Now since I have the SmartDisk, I can have a floppy disk drive plugged into each computer. It is very convenient. It works well (just plug in and use), and I didn't have to spend an arm and a leg for it.


Rating :
I'm returning it - David Holzel, Jan 23, 2008

It's a beautiful little box, but it didn't work for me. I bought it because I wanted to access the files in my old floppies. But when I inserted a disk, and clicked on the disk drive, a message opened asking if I wanted to format the disk. (This would wipe out all my files) I still don't know exactly why this happened (and I tried a handful of disks).

As I looked at the customer info, I noted that it did NOT include Vista as one of the formats it runs on. And the SmartDisk customer service guy I talked to suggested that might be the problem. So I tried the floppy drive on another computer that runs XP, but with the same disappointing results.

I'm sorry to say, I'm returning it.


Rating :
Works fine - Bruce K. Oldmixon, Feb 24, 2006

For short money, this was easy and fast. Just plug it in and it works. Faster than my last one but I am no expert by any means. All I know is that it does what I want it to do.


Rating :
Can't use this to boot? NOT TRUE! - Michael E. Barr, Feb 09, 2006

You absolutely CAN use this floppy drive to boot your computer. The review saying otherwise must have been misinformed, or did not understand how to configure their BIOS settings properly.
I've used this drive to boot dozens of different systems with no issues.


Rating :
Portable & Nice - Zaher Yabroudi, Feb 04, 2004

I bought this drive along with a Compaq centrino notebook, it comes in black with a driver CD that you probably won't need if your OS is Windows XP (both Pro or HE).
Drive speed is faster than classic drives, and it's sleek design matched the centrino design of my notebook, however, the manufacturer released a titanium version of the same drive (SmartDisk FDUSB-TM2) which better matches Compaq, Toshiba and Sony centrino notebooks.

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