![]() ![]() Sign up to have the Hassle-Free PC newsletter e-mailed to you each week. Ask for help with your PC hassles at or try the treasure trove of helpful folks in the PCWorld Forums. There’s a decent chance your next PC won’t have an optical drive, especially if it’s a laptop.Ĭontributing Editor Rick Broida writes about business and consumer technology. (If you’ve had any experience using such a drive with a newer PC, share it in the comments.)īy the way, in a few years I expect to be fielding the same question about CDs, so get your data off those babies now. Just plug the drive into a USB port and you should be good to go. ![]() I think that’s a fairly small price to pay for the simplicity of accessing your old disks on your modern PC. (Just be sure to check the user reviews for some tips on using it.) USB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE - 3.5' USB External floppy disk reader, Reads 3.5' Floppy Disks with 720KB/1.44mb Capacity. If you’d rather not go the auction route, Newegg also sells an external floppy drive for $14.99 shipped. I did a little shopping on Ebay and found plenty of 3.5-inch external floppy disk drives, most of them selling in the $10-15 range. Staples coupon20 off 50+ orders with Staples. ![]() Reader Kristie wrote in with this puzzler: I just found a shoebox full of 3.5-inch disks. No, a better bet is simply to spend a few bucks. Floppy disk extraction will run you about 7 per 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch disks, 19.95 for 8-inch disks, and up to 40 for a hard drive. How to access your old 3.5-inch floppy disks.
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