Floppy Disk Reader, 3.5 inch 1.44mb External USB Type A/C Floppy Disk Drive for PC, Laptop and Desktop Compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7/2000/XP, Not Compatible With Mac and Chrome, Black

Works as intended. I was able to recover most of my wife's 20 year old floppies. She has been looking for a couple of old pictures she thought were lost in one of her many movings before we met. Easy to use and no problems connecting it to my Windows 11 PC.

Worked well once I understood how to use it. steps: 1. insert disk into un-powered un-connected device 2. plug device into your computer directly or a powered hub not a passive hub for usb 3. access your files 4. to change disks extract the drive off of USB 5. once disconnected go back to step 1 and repeat. if you are from a time when you remember hot swapping these disks from your computer like me this was initially confusing as to why it would not update. USB makes it behave a bit differently. also I did not have to tell windows to "eject" the disk like you do with USB stick drives. just pull it off of the usb and windows will handle it. For reference, i am on a windows 10 machine.

We needed this reader because we had some pictures that were on some 3.5 disks and we no longer had a computer with a reader. This one worked great and was affordable. The reason for the 4 star is the reader is kind of noisy

The first one sent did not work. I waited too long to try using it (life got in the way). So I emailed Michael at the email address provided in the documentation and I got a reply back right away. After trying the troubleshooting he suggested, the unit still didn't work. Within a week I had another unit, even though the returns period for the unit had long expired. The new one worked fine. So... they stand behind their product, so I would highly recommend it. But keep in mind... your floppy disks will degrade over time. Only 2 of the 12 I had to convert were still readable. So, if yours are >25 years old like mine were, likely you won't get any data off of them. For the price, it is still worth it to at least try!

I wanted something simple: plug in a floppy drive, read more than one disk, and rescue old files. The Chuanganzhuo CAZED-006 looked promising at a budget price, but in real use it proved fundamentally unreliable and nearly useless. Right out of the box the unit did spin up and show the first disk just fine — that was the only time it worked. After swapping to a second disk (even a perfectly good one), the reader would stubbornly cling to the first disk’s contents, refusing to refresh or recognize new data. The drive effectively becomes a single-disk read-only device, even if you eject the disk and insert another. That’s not a minor annoyance — it defeats the entire purpose of having a floppy reader. This problem persisted across multiple systems I tried, including a completely different PC setup. It wasn’t an isolated USB port or driver issue — the hardware itself just refused to read beyond the first disk. Nothing short of miraculous happened when switching computers. Some product literature suggests you can “refresh” or force a re-read by unplugging the unit and reconnecting it, and some user manuals even coach you on how to manually refresh the drive in File Explorer to see new disk data. In practice, those so-called workarounds are half measures at best — they don’t consistently fix the core problem of switching disks, and they feel like excuses for a design that doesn’t work the way it should. Digging around online, you’ll see mixed signals. On marketplaces there are a handful of positive ratings suggesting the drive works on Windows 10 or handles a batch of floppy disks without issue. But there’s also at least one outright negative review where someone says it “does not work and does not meet the specifications in the description.” That’s exactly the experience I had — anything beyond a single floppy becomes a gamble. To be clear — this is a simple peripheral, not rocket science. A floppy reader shouldn’t need driver hacks or manual refresh tricks just to load a second disk. The fact that this one behaves that way suggests either cheap parts, poor firmware, or sloppy integration between the mechanical reader and the host system. Bottom line: if you need to consistently read a collection of floppy disks and actually retrieve data, this Chuanganzhuo CAZED-006 is not the tool for the job. It functions sporadically at best, and it’s downright useless for everyday legacy data transfer. I’d skip it entirely and look for a more reliable USB floppy solution that doesn’t require so much technical wrangling just to read a second disk.

I got two of these to create old style dos and Atari games with. I have a ton of 3.5” floppies and this brings back the good ol days of saving on disks. Runs on win 11 just fine. Also comes up as drive a: just like on older computers. If you add a second it becomes b:. If you run discos you can use these with old games written for dos. Great product!

Works great and easy to connect.

I bought this floppy drive to use to recover old games and data. I have multiple computers, and was able to get this to work just fine on a Windows 7 Pro laptop, but on my Windows 10 Home desktop the drive just sat and spun. I plugged it in and the light came on and the drive turned... and turned... and turned... in addition, it was very noisy. I tried both front and back USB ports, nothing made a difference. I see other people have been able to get it to work on Windows 10, but I did not have another Windows 10 machine to try to see if it was an issue with my computer or with the drive. Since it would not work on the newer machine, I am returning it to get a different drive that will work. Again, it did work fine on my Windows 7 machine, so it appears to be a problem with 10 (or my machine) only. Update: I was trying to recover data from floppies to my Windows 10 Home machine. I ended up trying five different devices and am posting my review to let you know my results. First, all five devices worked PERFECTLY on my Windows 7 Pro laptop. However, when plugging in to my Windows 10 machine, three of them would only sit and spin with the drive light on, even though they were recognized as drives by Win10. After a little looking, I found that the devices that worked on my Windows 10 machine identified themselves and used the driver for the Y-E Data USB floppy, while the devices that just sat and spun identified themselves and used the driver for a TEAC floppy drive. So there must be a little difference in the internal configuration of the drive that is causing the issue. I tried 5 devices and found that the Tendak USB Floppy Disk Drive worked perfectly, as did the Esynic USB Floppy Drive . Both identified as Y-E Data USB floppy drives. When they were plugged in, they worked smoothly and quietly. It was a toss-up which one to choose to keep, but I eventually went with the Tendak because it seemed slightly quieter and faster, but that was really subjective. The Tendak also had more information such as a warranty card and information on how to contact support, while the Esynic box was empty. As far as quality of the drive, they seemed identical. If I had needed more than one drive, I would have kept them both. For me, initially the Sabrent External USB 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (FL-UDRV) seemed the nicest. The box was glossy with information covering it, you'd expect to see this sitting on a shelf in a big box store. (All other drives came in plain brown boxes). There were touches of quality in how the drive was packed, the box was made to fit it with a area for the cable to fit in and a dust cover over the USB end to keep it clean. It came with a beautiful guide to using the floppy, including information like the write-protect switch and not removing a floppy while the drive light is on, that newer users would not be familiar with. They also had a support phone number, and the person who answered seemed to be an American. Unfortunately, this was one of the devices that would not work on my Windows 10 machine. It identified as a TEAC USB Floppy drive, and when plugged in it simply had the drive light turn on and continuously seek for data. It worked perfectly in my Windows 7 machine, and was very fast and smooth. The support representative was not aware of any issue that would prevent it from working on my machine, and it does work on other people's Windows 10 machines. If I hadn't needed it working on my Windows 10 machine as well, I would have kept this one in a heartbeat. From other reviews, it appears that it works on other people's Windows 10 machines, so I'd recommend you at least try it. The last two devices were both from Chuanganzhuo. 3.5" USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD for PC Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10,for Mac,No Extra Driver Required,Plug and Play,Black and the 3.5" USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD for PC Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10 +Dustproof Scratch-Resistant External Bag Case,No External Driver,Plug and Play . Both devices worked fine on Windows 7 Pro, but on Windows 10 Home they immediately had the drive light up and started a very loud seek process that never finished. These devices were louder than any other drive I tested, but did work just fine under Windows 7. Both used the TEAC USB Floppy driver as well. My conclusion: If you are lucky enough to be one of those whose computers will use the Sabrent External USB 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (FL-UDRV) , get that drive. It is quality. If you can't, either the Tendak USB Floppy Disk Drive or the Esynic USB Floppy Drive will probably make you happy.

Very poor products

Old school floppy drive, works well .

I have been able to retrieve my old files from floppy's. Once I finish, I can chuck out all the old floppy's

worked for me had 6 floppy discs from 1996 that i needed the files off of, plug & play, no issues and transferred my files.

On occasions the Desk Top displays a message that the item was dismounted incorrectly even though no action was taken to disconnect the drive. A reconnection then takes place. This is disturbing. Ce rain discs take long to display its data even though there is just one file.