Cheap External 3.5 diskette USB drive?

[Josh]

Anyone know where I can get a cheap drive that will fit floppy disks and only floppy disks? I don't care about those 120Mb disk drives or whatever. I just don't want an internal floppy drive. Someone help me, please

 

[Ryan]

They aren't cheap. They usually go for around 40 bucks. Why are you so anal about using an external one?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
They aren't cheap. They usually go for around 40 bucks. Why are you so anal about using an external one?

Cause we have already tried to replace the internal one and something is really fuxed in there and my mom is yelling at me to get a new one, so I'm just gonna get her an external one. $40? Who makes that one...?

PS>> My computer really sucks, but I don't think we can afford a new one at this point in time :\

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Josh

Originally posted by: rbloedow
They aren't cheap. They usually go for around 40 bucks. Why are you so anal about using an external one?

Cause we have already tried to replace the internal one and something is really fuxed in there and my mom is yelling at me to get a new one, so I'm just gonna get her an external one. $40? Who makes that one...?

PS>> My computer really sucks, but I don't think we can afford a new one at this point in time :\

Yell at your mom so she pays for it.

 

[Kevin]

So basically you want a USB Floppy drive?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Kevin
So basically you want a USB Floppy drive?

Yes

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Josh

Originally posted by: rbloedow
They aren't cheap. They usually go for around 40 bucks. Why are you so anal about using an external one?

Cause we have already tried to replace the internal one and something is really fuxed in there and my mom is yelling at me to get a new one, so I'm just gonna get her an external one. $40? Who makes that one...?

PS>> My computer really sucks, but I don't think we can afford a new one at this point in time :\

Yell at your mom so she pays for it.

She is paying for it...she just wants me to find it...and I don't want to make her spend a lot of money, might as well get a cheap one?

 

[Kevin]

CompUSA seems to have them for $40, which I believe is normal. The cheapest I've ever seen them is $30 and that was at a computer show. You can try your luck in For Sale/Trade or search online...

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Kevin
CompUSA seems to have them for $40, which I believe is normal. The cheapest I've ever seen them is $30 and that was at a computer show. You can try your luck in For Sale/Trade or search online...

Thank you, sir

 

[Talon]

It looks like Teac might be the least expensive. (3rd down, page 1)

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[Kevin]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=21-103-204

$32 shipped free at Newegg...

 

[Pepsi90919]

supply and demand in action.

 

[Spikesoldier]

is it possible to flash your bios with one of those?

 

[cpals]

Didn't even know those existed... hehe.

 

[Gunbuster]

Cause we have already tried to replace the internal one and something is really fuxed

did you try a new cable, put the cable on the right way, try the floppy form your puter, test the "bad" drive in your computer, ......

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Kevin
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=21-103-204

$32 shipped free at Newegg...

Thank you

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
is it possible to flash your bios with one of those?

Not unless your bios supports it, and there are hardly any motherboards on the market that support that feature.