SmartDisk FDUSB-B2 USB External Floppy Disk Drive
The SmartDisk 2x speed floppy drive is USB powered - no AC adapter needed. It reads and writes standard 1.44 MB floppy disks at twice the speed.
SmartDisk FDUSB-B2 USB External Floppy Disk Drive Accessories
 Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1 TB External Hard Drive
Belkin F3U133-16 USB 2.0 A/B Cable (16 Feet)
Sabrent SBT-UFDB USB External 3.5-Inch 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (Black)
SmartDisk FDUSB-B2 USB External Floppy Disk Drive Reviews
It is very convenient. Now since I have the SmartDisk, I can have a floppy disk drive plugged into each computer. I was already using the Lacie Floppy Disk Drive, but since I have two computers, I was constantly unplugging the floppy disk drive from one computer and re-plugging it into another one. It works well (just plug in and use), and I didn't have to spend an arm and a leg for it.
As I looked at the customer info, I noted that it did NOT include Vista as one of the formats it runs on. But when I inserted a disk, and clicked on the disk drive, a message opened asking if I wanted to format the disk. It's a beautiful little box, but it didn't work for me.
And the SmartDisk customer service guy I talked to suggested that might be the problem. I bought it because I wanted to access the files in my old floppies. I'm sorry to say, I'm returning it.
So I tried the floppy drive on another computer that runs XP, but with the same disappointing results. (This would wipe out all my files) I still don't know exactly why this happened (and I tried a handful of disks).
For short money, this was easy and fast. Just plug it in and it works. Faster than my last one but I am no expert by any means. All I know is that it does what I want it to do.
You absolutely CAN use this floppy drive to boot your computer. I've used this drive to boot dozens of different systems with no issues. The review saying otherwise must have been misinformed, or did not understand how to configure their BIOS settings properly.
Drive speed is faster than classic drives, and it's sleek design matched the centrino design of my notebook, however, the manufacturer released a titanium version of the same drive (SmartDisk FDUSB-TM2) which better matches Compaq, Toshiba and Sony centrino notebooks. I bought this drive along with a Compaq centrino notebook, it comes in black with a driver CD that you probably won't need if your OS is Windows XP (both Pro or HE).
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