Make sure that you're plugging the external hard drive into a USB port on your computer itself, not a hub or a keyboard USB port. Plug one end of the external hard drive's cable into the USB port. If the cable uses a USB 3. USB-C connections can be inserted in any way that fits the port. Plug the other end of the cable into your external hard drive.
The other end of the cable will usually be a proprietary connection that only fits one port on the external hard drive. This icon is used on wikiHow as fair use because it is being used to provide how-to instructions. Click This PC. It's on the left side of the window, though you may have to scroll up or down in the left-hand pane to find it. Right-click your external hard drive's name. You should see it below the "Devices and drives" heading.
A drop-down menu will appear. If you don't see anything listed below the "Devices and drives" heading, double-click the heading to expand it. Click Format. It's in the drop-down menu. The Format window will open. Click the "File system" drop-down box. This is in the middle of the Format window. Select a file system. Click one of the following options in the drop-down menu: NTFS — Select this option if you only want to use the hard drive with Windows computers.
FAT32 — Select this option if you want to use the hard drive with computers and non-computer sources alike. Some Linux computers or installations will require a FAT32 drive. Click Start. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will prompt Windows to begin formatting your external drive. If the drive belonged to another person before you, consider first unchecking the "Quick format" box. This will cause the formatting process to take significantly longer, but it will also overwrite completely the hard drive.
Click OK when prompted. This is at the bottom of the window. Doing so closes the Format window; your drive should now be formatted. Part 3. Find your Mac's USB port. Open Disk Utility. Type in disk utility , then double-click Disk Utility when it appears in the search results. The Disk Utility window will pop up. Select your external hard drive. In the upper-left side of the Disk Utility window, click your external hard drive's name. Click Erase. It's a tab at the top of the Disk Utility window.
Doing so prompts a pop-up window. Click the "Format" drop-down box. This cable is relatively small, compared to the majority of power cables coming from the power supply. Once the floppy drive is fully connected to the computer, put the case back on the computer.
Then, connect the keyboard, monitor, and power to the computer. We recommend you do not reconnect the rest of your cables yet. If you experience problems, you may have to disconnect all the cables again. Once connected, turn on the computer and enter the BIOS setup.
Verify the floppy drive is recognized and properly configured in BIOS, most likely as a 1. If additional issues are encountered during or after the installation of the floppy disk drive, see our floppy drive help and support page for additional help and information. Note This page is written for computers that have had an internal floppy disk drive. Tip If you still need access to a floppy disk drive, we suggest purchasing an external USB floppy disk drive that is compatible with your version of Windows or Mac.
Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Remember floppies? Back in the day, they were essential. Eventually, they were replaced, and floppy disk drives vanished from new computers.
Before we begin, you should understand a huge caveat. Once you copy the data, you have to be able to read it. If you have 3. This is the easiest format to work with.
The 3. As a result, there are many semi-modern drives and solutions available. However, in our experience, these drives are often frustrating in their unreliability. So, before you dive in, read through some of the reviews. These vintage drives have much higher quality parts than the cheap USB drives now on Amazon.
Most are still supported as plug-and-play devices by Windows Perhaps you even have one sitting around. You can connect it to a generic floppy-to-USB adapter.
You can rig an external power supply for the floppy drive with the proper adapter. Another option is to mount the drive and adapter internally in a computer case, and then use a SATA power adapter there. The trickiest part is making sure the LAN networking between your vintage and modern machines works properly.
It comes down to making Windows file sharing from different eras play nice with one another. If you have 5. This is because 5. It allows you to use an internal 5. Once you get it set up, the FC is definitely worth it, though. You can then use these with emulators or access them with a disk image tool, like WinImage. The advantage of KryoFlux is it can back up copy-protected disks, or disks in many other system formats Apple II, C64, and so on , and it does so with a high degree of accuracy.
The KryoFlux does have a few drawbacks, though. The same as the 3. There are other options, though. One is uploading the files to an FTP server from the old machine, and then downloading them from that server to the newer computer.
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