Question about LS-120 drive! Do they make IDE Floppy drives?

[jsbush]

Well since my Floppy connector doesn't work, I was think about getting one of these. They are IDE right. And how much do they cost!

Would you recommend one? And do they make IDE normal floppy drives?

 

[SUOrangeman]

Here's one of the newer 2x LS-120 units. But, $65 is kinda steep. How often do you use floppies anyway?

I am planning to forego the floppy in my next system and try a 2x LS-120. For no other reason than because I can.

-SUO

 

[jsbush]

I though of maybe burning a CD-R bootable win98 floppy or something!!! I think that would be the best.


Edit: I only use floppy's for booting from them!

 

[Soccerman]

I would want one of these too.. they'd be great for temporary storage (my blasted CDRW with no warrenty, nor any hope of returning, does NOT like CDRW discs. I think it's a slightly defective unit).

I have massive quantities of 1.44 floppies (boot disks etc), reformatting to 32 megs would be a sweet deal for me!

 

[jsbush]

Do they make standered Floppy drives that are IDE? or some sort of convertor?

 

[CalebTG]

If you use win2k, I need the floppy to install drivers win2k can't install without. It can be bypasses I guess, but its a pain.

As far as I know, they only make IDE LS-120 drives, not IDE floppies

 

[corkyg]

They are IDE. I replaced a dead floppy on a laptop with a parallel port external LS-120 . . . and it worked perfectly. I use them in all my computers (4 . . . 2 laptops and 2 desktops.) They are great for archiving downloads pre-virus scan.

They read and write to regular floppies, but formatting is not acceptable because it probably will not be readable on a regular floppy drive.

$65 may seem high, but it is only about $45 more than a regular floppy drive which handles 1.44 MB. The LS-120 handles 120 MB . . . equal to 83 of those retgular floppies. That makes it a bargain.

 

[bernse]

I have had one since 97, and it has worked like a champ. Yes, it is IDE. The only fault I have had has been 2 LS120 disks go bad. Drive works well though. I Don't regret it at all.