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Review on External Floppy Disk Drive - 3.5-inch USB Floppy Disk Reader, Portable 1.44 MB FDD, Plug and Play for PC Windows 2000/XP/7/8 - No Additional Driver Required by Sam Lee

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great on Linux

Out of the box, Dainty was as easy to use as 1, 2, 3 on Linux:1. Plugged Dainty into a USB port on my Linux laptop (running an Ubuntu flavor). An error immediately popped up in my file manager, and Disk appeared immediately. I put the disk in Dainty Drive and the disk name and contents were displayed as they should. I was able to move files off the drive and then reformat the drive with no problems.3. I could unmount the floppy and then press the button and eject it, or in some cases I would just press the button and remove it - I'm not sure that's always a good idea - and the "floppy" would displayed again as unmounted in the file manager. Unplug the USB and with another "Error" "Disk" disappears from the file manager.

Pros
  • Price
Cons
  • Some difficulties