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

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jsbush

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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?
 
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
 
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!
 
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!
 
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
 
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. 🙂
 
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.
 
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