Wanda, That's the same one I was looking at -- the Dell 3.5 floppy drive taken from working Dell computers. Here's the URL for others to look at: http://floppydisk.com/usb.htm Woody -----Original Message----- From: Ridge <wanda.ridge@sbcglobal.net> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 4:59 pm Subject: Re: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email tolist I found an external floppy disk drive for 12.95, taken from working Dell computers but guaranteed to work with Vista. Sounds good enough for me to order it. Thanks, everyone. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neysa" <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email tolist > We have a USB plug in floppy disk player that we can just attach when we > need it. About $20 if I remember right. Has been handy and can travel between both computers... > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ridge > To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 4:21 PM > Subject: [GN] Moving files from floppies - reference Carol's email to > list > > > Carol, will you give further details about what you bought from > smartdisk.com that enabled you to read your floppies on a computer > without a > floppy drive? > > I went to smart-disk.com but did not find what I thought you were > talking > about. Exactly what did you buy? > > I thought I had transferred all data from old floppies to CD's but > occasionally find a file where I saved some floppies. I recently found > some > which have information from the archives in Germany and I really would > like > to get that off the floppy and onto a disk. > Thanks. > Wanda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorac" <radford2@bellsouth.net> > To: <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: [GN] Has anyone tried this method of moving OE to > > > > Merry Xmas all. In trying to absorb all the good information on how to's for Outlook and Thunderbird, I > > thought you all might be interested how I solved the "saving emails" > from Outlook and others... > > > > I am so low teched that I keep doing what I have done since 1995 with my emails in Outlook. I saved them on a floppy!!!! I had a lot of > floppies > > left when I got a laptop without the floppy drive. And those emails, > > photo's saved on the floppy. So, I just picked up from the last email I saved on my 3-1/2" floppy...I have them dated by year. > > > > To read them I bought for $14.95 floppy reader from SmartDisk @ > > www.smartdisk.com > > it reads floppies and older memory cards. Just plug it in a USB port and > > voila!!! So low tech that even I can do ...I have a hub and plug it in and > > am set to go to save or send...as a safe guard after thinking about it, > I > > made copies of each floppy in case of failure. > > > > Carol > > >