[dead} Sony?s External USB Floppy Drive Refurbished

[Pardus]

dead

 

[CrackRabbit]

I have one of these drives that I keep for use with my Viao and an HTPC. Great drive, but a bit noisy.

 

[Marc Rader]

I bought one, thanks for posting

 

[babylon5]

can you boot up with this like internal ones?

 

[timswim78]

Great for setting up a floppy RAID:
http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm

 

[htne]

Originally posted by: babylon5
can you boot up with this like internal ones?

That depends entirely on your motherboard BIOS. For most, the answer is no.

 

[gnubea]

Originally posted by: htne

Originally posted by: babylon5
can you boot up with this like internal ones?

That depends entirely on your motherboard BIOS. For most, the answer is no.

I have a bit different experiences. For the new PCs (both notebooks and desktops), they do have options for usb booting in the BIOS. Once you have that option enabled, you can boot from the usb floppy. But you had better check your specific pc before ordering.

 

[salaku]

Placed an order. Thanks for posting.

 

[imported_nocturne]

might jump on this, but I need to check my bios...

 

[imported_Crusader]

I'm in.

One of the most useful items posted here in quite a while. Thank you for posting.

 

[imported_Crusader]

I recieved mine today.

Very nice deal indeed. This drive is very fast for a floppy. I think what it does is buffer much of the disk and also reads fast as well.

I believe its faster than the floppy drive in my PC. I'm sure this will come in handy in the future for working on PCs without floppys or my next PC (which I'm not putting a 3.5" FDD in due to being a SFF).

I never wanted to spend alot to get one of these though since its use will be limited (yet incredibly useful when I need it).

:thumbsup:

 

[joshmroest]

It still shows the $14.99 price...

 

[Wildfire]

I also received mine yesterday. Nice drive. Very fast. It is a little noisy, but we are talking about a floppy drive so I am not bothered by it. However, the blue cover doesn't fit real well. It falls off. The white cover fits good though.

 

[imported_Crusader]

It is indeed still $15.. but no more free shipping.

 

[DaShen]

I ordered it, but have as of yet to receive it. For free shipping, I am wondering when it will arrive.