Floppies?

SamIam · 07-09-2012, 06:00 PM

Yesterday I was cleaning out some boxes that I had stored forever and I discovered about 20 floppy disks (the 3x5's) tucked away and forgotten until now. I would have just thrown them out, but when I looked at the labels they contained pictures that I would love to have as well as a number of essays I wrote about a million years ago and wouldn't mind revisiting.

So is there any way of getting the info off those floppies short of raiding Grandma's attic and making off with her old computer that still has slots for floppies? Or are those disks just doomed to go to the landfill west of town without me ever to look at their content?

DanaC · 07-09-2012, 06:06 PM

Most computer repair shops would be able to access the contents and transfer to a cd for you I'd think.

jimhelm · 07-09-2012, 06:09 PM

http://floppydisk.com/usb.htm

DanaC · 07-09-2012, 06:11 PM

or there's that...lol

SamIam · 07-09-2012, 06:15 PM

Hey thanks Jim! Interesting site. Reminds me of the people who still love vinyl LP's.

John Sellers · 07-09-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

http://floppydisk.com/usb.htm

Looks nice, but how do you know if Sam has a Dell? There are a good number of stores that sell external diskette drives in a wide range of brands.

jimhelm · 07-09-2012, 07:25 PM

Shouldn't matter. Usb plug and play

•spoken in to my phone

John Sellers · 07-09-2012, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

Shouldn't matter. Usb plug and play

•spoken in to my phone

Maybe. It's branded as a Dell drive tho. That kinda threw me off.

BTW, now I get that "spoken into my phone" thing. I'm guessing your phone has a speech2text component.

jimhelm · 07-09-2012, 07:52 PM

yeah... not as cool as Limey's though transference, but pretty convenient just the same.

BigV · 07-09-2012, 08:22 PM

mail them to me. I have such a usb/3.5 inch floppy drive. I'll download the contents and email them back to you.

or maybe the local fedex store could do such a task for you. $$

Happy Monkey · 07-09-2012, 09:29 PM

How about 5.25 inch drives?

BigV · 07-10-2012, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

How about 5.25 inch drives?

I have a few of those too, but none that are usb/floppy. Does that answer your question?

I'd have to resurrect the machine(s) that has a 5.25 drive, and then plug in a usb drive as the destination, carry the usb drive to a "modern" computer and proceed as before.

John Sellers · 07-10-2012, 02:27 PM

8 inch? Now that is major old school.

BrianR · 07-10-2012, 03:19 PM

I used to have a pair of those eight inch drives as an external unit. I traded them for a BetaMax professional VCR years and years ago.

Pam

Gravdigr · 07-10-2012, 05:20 PM

I have a running Compaq Presario w/3.5 drive installed.

07-09-2012, 06:00 PM	#1
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Floppies? Yesterday I was cleaning out some boxes that I had stored forever and I discovered about 20 floppy disks (the 3x5's) tucked away and forgotten until now. I would have just thrown them out, but when I looked at the labels they contained pictures that I would love to have as well as a number of essays I wrote about a million years ago and wouldn't mind revisiting. So is there any way of getting the info off those floppies short of raiding Grandma's attic and making off with her old computer that still has slots for floppies? Or are those disks just doomed to go to the landfill west of town without me ever to look at their content?

07-09-2012, 06:09 PM	#3
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	http://floppydisk.com/usb.htm __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

07-09-2012, 07:25 PM	#7
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Shouldn't matter. Usb plug and play •spoken in to my phone __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

07-09-2012, 07:52 PM	#9
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	yeah... not as cool as Limey's though transference, but pretty convenient just the same. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

07-09-2012, 08:22 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	mail them to me. I have such a usb/3.5 inch floppy drive. I'll download the contents and email them back to you. or maybe the local fedex store could do such a task for you. $$ __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-09-2012, 06:15 PM	#5
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Hey thanks Jim! Interesting site. Reminds me of the people who still love vinyl LP's.

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John Sellers Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 807	8 inch? Now that is major old school.

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