Y-E DATA YD8U12 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive ( PC / Mac )

by Y-E Data

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IS6M
• Item model number: YD-8U12
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #43 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Floppy Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The 2X USB Floppy Drive is the fastest of its kind. Double the speed of a normal floppy disk drive.

Features
Reads and Writes Floppy Diskettes at 2X Speed
The 2X USB floppy doubles the speed of reads and writes of standard floppy diskettes.

Sleek and Compact design
At just 280 grams (under 10 ounces) and about half-inch thick this drive is ideal for portability and desk saving. USB Power
No need to carry a bulk AC adapter. This unit is powered through the USB port. Simple plug and play without reboot. Compatible with all popular Operating Systems
Mac OS 8.6 and higher, Windows 98 and higher, and Windows CE. As well as other "Mass Storage Compliant" operating systems including many nix systems.

Product Description

Twice the speed of any floppy drive you've used before / Plug and play for USB-enabled Windows and Macintosh computers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FASTEST floppy drive available, February 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Y-E DATA YD8U12 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive ( PC / Mac ) (Personal Computers)

2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive

The 2X USB Floppy Drive is the fastest of its kind. Double the speed of a normal floppy disk drive.

In my testing, I transferred a 1.3MB file in 32 seconds, versus 1:04 seconds for a SmartDisk Floppy drive. This floppy truly is 2x as fast!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what else can you ask for???, July 14, 2004

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H. Sachan (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Y-E DATA YD8U12 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive ( PC / Mac ) (Personal Computers)

Works great. after all how difficult could it be to make a good floppy drive.
I was thinking of getting a used one, but this one is cheaper and gives peace of mind.

- compared it with sony external usb and found this one cheaper.
- very sturdy, dropped couple of times but it still works.
- very plug and play.
- never gave me a chance to complain.
- works comparaeable to my sony vaio integrated floopy drive

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pleasant surprise, May 6, 2003

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AC Douglass (Flemington, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Y-E DATA YD8U12 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive ( PC / Mac ) (Personal Computers)

I had heard of people having problems with this drive, so I was a little wary when it arrived, but I had no reason to be. It worked in true Plug-and-Play fashion with no problems whatsoever. The slim, lightweight design is perfectly suited to my laptop, it records fast enough that i don't sit there forever tapping my fingers, and does everything I require. Definitely worth the purchase.