Read Floppy disk on Modern Computer

[@ruben_balea]

Some USB floppy drives are limited to the standard 1.44 MB MS-DOS floppies and can't even read the "older" 720 kB MS-DOS floppies If Windows asks for a driver most USB drives can be forced to work without their "official" drivers by manually selecting the "Generic NEC Floppy Disk" driver (the same used by internal floppy drives) but I had one (I-something, I can't remember if it was Imation or Iomega) that needed it's own very specific drivers...

[@katherinebrown3198]

Not sure if this is an appropriate question for this video, but do people still use these disks? I have boxes of these new and not sure if they are worth posting to sell?

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Go on ebay, see what others are asking. 🤷‍♂️

[@georgekoury6509]

Lookup the Reuters video on floppy sales booming. There is a man who buys and sells the 3.5

[@nathanalaneller]

My floppy keeps saying "can not access, disk probably not formated" What do I do?

[@neuronoc.7343]

Did you flip the write protect switch on the floppies?

[@nathanalaneller]

@@neuronoc.7343 I have UBS floppy, & I did check the switch. Could it be because I'm using windows 10?

[@michelalphonso6945]

@@neuronoc.7343 Why ? Did you do this yourself ?

[@CharlotteEvans-he1ze]

You have a Kull sense of humor 😂great information

[@KimberlyMitschke-o2k]

Do you have any idea if anything can be done if given the following error? Copied all files into a folder like you suggest in video, but when I go to open the install file, I get “this app can’t run on your pc. To find a version for your pc, check with the software publisher” It’s a Mario game from 1995 I was wanting to show my kiddos.

[@NetworkAdvisor]

I might not be the one to ask but windows used to have a "compatibility mode" where you could tell it to treat an old application as though it was In a windows 95 or XP environment.

[@mmmm322]

I get this error over and over, what can we do: "The disk in drive A is not formatted"

[@xmh]

Can you use cmd to run ms dos games from floppy disk?

[@NetworkAdvisor]

If you had a game that was completely contained on a floppy, then I suppose you could. Usually those disk-based games get loaded into memory (RAM).

[@davidhatzenbuhler6888]

DOS is no longer available in Windows NT. NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine) ended with the Windows 7 32bit editions. You can load em in a VMWare MS DOS or Windows 95, 98, ME instance.

[@shellysoble4855]

Thank you!

[@lynnettesalter725]

What do I do if it says "A not accessible" The request is not supported

[@NetworkAdvisor]

can you try a different machine? If so and you still get the error, then either the floppy drive reader is bad, or the diskette itself is unreadable. :-/

[@ibrahimmohamoudbile3424]

@@NetworkAdvisorwhat do I do then? It’s been untouched for almost a dacade 😢😢

[@curtwiggins8043]

@@NetworkAdvisor I have 2 external floppy USB drives that were brand new. I was using one and copying a lot of disks and then is started giving me a "A:\ drive is no accessible" error. I swapped to other diskettes and then to the other USB floppy drive with the same result. After rebooting, I could get one or the other drive working with limited success before receiving the same error. The problem seems to be with my W10 laptop and not with the diskettes or external drives. I did update my drivers after the problem started, but no change. Any thoughts?

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Almost sounds like a USB issue. Sometimes USB ports get messed up with certain devices. (They have like a mini device e database of things that have been plugged in before). One idea might be to try a USB hub. This might be enough to make the computer think the drives are new devices not seen before.

[@mmmm322]

@@curtwiggins8043 more please

[@christopherselous3295]

You're the best bro

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Thanks for the feedback. Good luck 😊

[@daveyt4802]

Our 25 year old machine had the DNC fail. Need a way to get files onto a 3.5" discs from a modern computer. Then load them onto the CNC machine to run the program. What are the different types of formats for 3.5" discs?

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Most 3.5 floppies used in dos or windows machines were formatted in what is known as FAT. However, that may not be what you CNC machines need if they using some proprietary operating system. Sorry I can’t be more helpful.

[@marianodanielvillafanewagn1920]

that is not a fat, it is just a directory listing...

[@kurwamacjebanapizda]

Windows 11 reads nvme like floppy disk nothing changed.

[@knuftobor]

No so fast! Tese USB drives will not read all of the non-pc formats like from Atari, Amiga or old musical instruments or other electronic equipment that used floppy drives.

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Ok point taken. 😊👍

[@dp6824]

I am looking for a 3.5 floppy drive , you nailed it I hope / / I got a stack of em with family pictures on them / / I want them / on my Computer I'm looking to best buy and got geek squad they got maybe a clue witch makes me mad be on belief ( they should know ) I Like your ( buy old one ) idea / so I will buy one and you took it a step farther so I can get pics off of them /// I put this video in my favorites and will see if this works out TY for video

[@NetworkAdvisor]

Good luck. Hope it works out. Pictures are so valuable.