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Best Floppy Drive for reading old floppies
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Mar 15, 20261023 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a stack of about 30 floppy disks (3.5" type) that have some old childhood memories on them. However, I'm putting them into my random "cheapo" USB floppy drive and every single one is coming back blank. I know that floppies do go bad after a while, and it has been about 15-20 years, but all 3…
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I would say if the disks are good, any drive should work. I would find a second drive and test them, kind of like a "2nd opinion". If they're still not reading, then it's probably the disks. As well, if the disks were stored near a magnet (speaker, …
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