Also i ve found it best to open the write protect switch on the floppies to prevent an issue that arose with win7 otherwise data can be screwed up.
External floppy disk drive compatible with windows 10.
If you have 3 5 inch floppy disks formatted for ms dos or windows that you want to copy to a modern windows 10 or windows 7 pc you re in luck.
Next click the arrow next to disk drives in the device manager program to see a list of the drives that your pc knows about.
Should be compatible i have 3 on hand that work with win10 connected to usb 2 0 ports a couple from dell and one unbranded.
No desktop computer or laptop comes today with a physical floppy drive but there are several free tools that can help you create a virtual floppy disk.
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Create a virtual floppy disk on windows 10.