Review on RAAYOO USB Floppy Disk Reader Drive, 3.5” External Portable 1.44 MB FDD Diskette Drive for Windows 7/8/2000/XP/Vista PC Laptop Desktop Notebook Computer - Plug and Play, No Extra Drivers Needed (Black) by Dale Emmel

Bought because it had to be best compatible with older hardware and I'm adamant about keeping the software. However, this is INCREDIBLY SLOW. For example, on modern systems it takes FIVE MINUTES (actually 300 seconds) to recognize that a disc has been inserted. It's also so slow to read that older systems that could and did boot from other USB drives won't boot from it. .So; This thing does a job, and the only half of that job it can do is so slow and so bad that it would probably be quicker to use an electron microscope to examine the oxide surface of the disks and THE RESPECTIVE 1S AND 0S MANUALLY TO WRITE IN A HEX EDITOR . Thats so bad. Don't buy it if you don't want to be disappointed. Slow.