I want an external floppy drive

Al_Mac

Don't have one on or a working one on any of the 5 PCs in the house:eek:

Any ideas where and how much

Thanks

unknown_786

Ebuyer normally have some on clearance...another good place is amazon...

price wise..

Ebuyer currently has a 80GB one for £46....

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...oduct_uid=90144

Amazon currently has a 250GB one for or £85...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007R6CGC/qid=1130628258/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/202-0897427-4443832

Al_Mac

Edited the title to make it more accurate. Sorry:o

Thanks for the ebuyer reminder though;)

unknown_786

lol ignore my post then :P

I would still say try ebuyer and amazon..and perhaps Dabs..

nearlyrich

Have you tried ebay?

alared

A quick search on Google came up with this but you could find cheaper by searching
http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Products.aspx?action=showproduct&id=44&type=10

Al_Mac

nearlyrich wrote:

Have you tried ebay?

First place I went, one company, all un-tested and no guarantee:eek:

Mr_Skint_2

Loads here and fast delivery...

http://www.misco.co.uk/search/~floppy~/index.htm

Scroll down to £3.50 + Vat

Or Externals http://www.misco.co.uk/categories/~520~/External%20Floppy%20Disk%20Drives.htm

Quasar

I bought one at PcWorld :eek: for 19.99. Just plugged in the USB and WXP recognised immediately.

nearlyrich

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Other_Drives.html

Don't know the company or anything but they are cheaper than 19.99, I thought they would be much cheaper by now...

golddustmedia

Quasar wrote:

I bought one at PcWorld :eek: for 19.99. Just plugged in the USB and WXP recognised immediately.

£20 for a floppy drive!?!? It's an over 20 year old technology, most places will be trying to get rid of them so should be next to no cost.
Honestly apart from retrieving old files or the occasional boot disk I've barely used one in the last 5 years as an IT professional.

Internal ones from the car boot sale should be about 20p (very easy to fit), external ones on ebay would expect about £5 or less. At that price worth a gamble if not guaranteed. Even when something from ebay does turn out to be faulty many sellers will give a refund if you complain as they don't want bad feedback.

Good luck.