Customer Reviews

Iomega 32633 Floppy Host Powered USB Drive

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It works just as I thought it would. New computers don't come with floppy access. We still use it for an Embroidery machine .

I didn't have an internal floppy disc drive on my current computers but discoved I had a need for small, individual storage and I still had a bunch of floppies. I order this drive and it worked perfectly. Easy to install, just plug and play. Sometimes the old ways are still good.

Like everyone else, I was looking for a way to read and save data from legacy 1.44 MB 3.5" floppies. After reading reviews on all the available External USB 1.44 MB drives, and seeing comments about the cheaper Teac drives not reading the low density floppies, I decided to go with the more expensive option from Iomega. I only have high density floppies so I can't confirm operation with the low density ones but other reviewers have. This Iomega drive is reading my 10 to 15 year old floppies perfectly. Another surprising thing is how quiet this drive operates. Very smooth and near silent operation. Unlike the picture on Amazon, and to my preference, the drive is all matte black in color. This is one solid and well-built drive. Windows 7 Pro recognized the drive and installed the driver within about 5 seconds from plugging it in. I'd probably never need it, but I like this drive so much, that I'm thinking about ordering a spare.

I received this product just a few days after ordering, but have not had time until now to even take it out of the box. It is amazingly easy to use - plug and play - absolutely - just plug it in and start using.

I have been copying (for 2 hours) my old floppy disks onto my computer for future transfer to CD's and this Floppy Disk Drive works just as if the disk had always been installed inside my computer. Thank you Iomega for quality workmanship.

Sharon

If you need a USB floppy disk drive because your computer doesn't support an internal one (which is the case with most new computers)then this is the one to get. It costs a lot more than the other brands out there, but it is worth it as it is well made and works the way it's supposed to. If your computer's BIOS supports booting from a USB device you may even be able to boot your computer from this drive! My ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo motherboard supports this, and it's handy for running certain utilities such as Memtest 86 or 86+, or motherboard BIOS updating programs that need to boot from a diskette.

This is a high quality USB Floppy Drive. I tried another less expensive brand and it failed to read/write to the disk. Our embroidery machine still uses a floppy disk drive, so I needed a drive to attach to my new computer that did not come with one. Easy plug and play with windows XP SP3. More current windows operating systems should be plug and play as well.

I have quite a few floppy disks and needed a way to retrive the information on them. After much thought and product comparison, I selected the Iomega. I plugged it into my computer and it was ready to go - no long downloads, no CD installation, just plug and go instantly. The unit is very compact, attractive, and appears well made. I feel that I made an excellent purchase and recommend it to anyone who appreciates quality without any fuss.

This is one of my most smart purchases I have made in a long time. This external hard drive allows me to store my data and take it to another computer. The drive is large enough to store lots of pictures, or documents. A great investment for your money.

Ami

This item was helpful item. We had changed our computer and it didn't have a floppy disc drive. This helped us to access information we had saved on a floppy disc.

Recently received a new computer as a gift. My high-tech son (young generation) did not order a floppy drive for my new computer. I quickly hit the panic button on how was I going to retrieve and store data from my older computer. He advised me to order an external floppy drive recommeding one from iomega. Following his advice, I ordered the iomega 32663 USB floppy drive. Once received, out of the box, plugged it into the USB port and was done within 3 minutes. I've been happily transferring and storing data ever since. This product is sleek/compact looking and sits right on top of my desk. There were many other drives that I reviewed that were less expensive, but the price matched the dependability of the iomega brand.