Good little drive. This drive works great with my laptop (PC). Cable is about 18" which is fine for my needs. Very slim and the eject button pops the disk out quite far, no digging to get to it.
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/23/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
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it worked I took the California bar exam on a laptop; the bar examiners required a floppy drive to download my answers, but only permitted one power cord, for the main laptop. I used this little drive and it was critical that it not let me down. It worked. I should add that it is compact, light, easy to pack with the laptop, doesn't make undue power demands, and is quiet. If you need an external drive, esp. with a laptop, this little unit will do nicely.
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review by Robert D. Harmon "bobnbob3" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Robert D. Harmon "bobnbob3" | | Review Date: | 02/28/2006 | | User Location: | Mill Valley, CA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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External Floppy Drive When I purchased a new computer it had no floppy drive, and at first I thought it would not be a problem. After considering the fact that I had a lot of info, pictures, and programs stored on Floppies, it would be a hassle to take it to a friend who had a floppy to convert it to discs. I found the Smart Disc and have been extremely happy with it and its efficient ease of use.
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review by Billy E. Dell can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Billy E. Dell | | Review Date: | 08/27/2005 | | User Location: | Towanda, Pa | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/26/2004 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
88% (37 of 42) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Just Hope It Doesn't Arrive Defective I ordered this product from Amazon through ANTOnline because of its reasonable price and the high user ratings. However, when I recieved it, the drive was defective and did not read disks. I attempted to return it to the third party vendor, ANTOnline and was told that I had to recieve confirmation that it was defective from the manufacturer, otherwise I would be charged the shipping cost I had already paid to get the drive delivered as well as the return shipping AND a restocking fee in addition...
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/15/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
69% (9 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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what OS I won't take a chance on buying anything that doesn't state what operating system is required. Yes, I understand that most manufacturers have download support, but it is usually a hassel. Please include in your sales write up what operating system drivers are provided with the product..
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/04/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Works Fine Now that floppy drives are becoming an endangered species -- and an expensive one, with NYC stores asking $40 and up for an external drive -- it's handy to have a compact and inexpensive USB drive that can go from computer to computer like this one. At any rate, there's not much to say about this little SmartDisk drive except that it's fast and quiet. I did have minor install problems with my laptop, but the solution was to clean the USB male plug contacts. It's possible that my unit, though n...
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review by Jerry P. Danzig can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Jerry P. Danzig | | Review Date: | 04/09/2007 | | User Location: | New York, NY USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Excellent solution for newer computers I bought this drive about 2 years ago at Walmart after my first USB floppy broke. I am know using it on my ibook with OSX Tiger. Its been very helpful for being compatible with all my old floppies, and being a universal standard with older PC's. My PC laptop does not have full USB support so flash drives will not work between my ibook and PC. But this drive has made it possible for my ibook and old old PC laptop to communicate.
Personally I think it was a mistake not to ship PC a...
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/11/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (8 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Highly recommended! I always dread getting new computer hardware, as it always seems to mean hours of frustration attaching cords, uploading drivers, etc. (I'm not the most computer-literate person.) However, my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive and I have a few boxes of old floppies that I finally decided to deal with by transferring their contents to CD. I ordered this SmartDisk drive for that task. I was absolutely amazed to be able to open the box, attach the usb cord and start using it immediately (not ev...
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review by Julie can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Julie | | Review Date: | 04/14/2007 | | User Location: | Hilo, HI USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (7 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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From a developer standpoint This is a "so far" review, so I can't say whether or not the drive will hold up for a long period of time, but so far it has done very well.
It works great in WindowsXP and "ok" in Linux (Linux distribution=Knoppix 5.0.1). If you have WindowsXP I doubt you will have any trouble at all with this drive. You plug it in and it will pop up as A: or B: (or first available drive letter) and it will act exactly as it should. It doesn't "feel" like an external drive; in WindowsXP you plug i...
[Rhinotek SmartDisk USB Floppy Disk Drive 2X Speed (FDUSB-TM2) review by Evan Olds "Evan" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Evan Olds "Evan" | | Review Date: | 11/18/2006 | | User Location: | USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (7 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |