Windows 10: Diskette drive does not work (none of my floppy disks)?

Whenever I connect my external dicette drive, it flashes for only half a second in the explorer and then disappears again (this was also the case with my previous one)? What am I doing wrong ? (with the latest version of Windows 10)

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Greetings,

I appreciate your swift response, if the above steps did not work no worries since this is an open forum , we can ask assistance from other community volunteers with their feedback and suggestion with this issue.

For the meantime you can try to check on this thread by @Gary_816

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

After 6 hours this worked for me. I have the Teac drive also and it appeared to install correctly, but did not show up in Windows Explorer. During a boot up the drive clicks and spins like 3.5" drives did on older systems if there is diskette in the drive.
I opened "Devices and Printers" in the Control Panel and the drive was there. With the diskette still inserted, right click on the Teac icon and select "Browse files > Floppy Disk Drive (A". File Explorer should open up and you will see the files on the
floppy listed. You will now see "Floppy Disk Drive (A" listed under "This PC". Right click on "Floppy Disk Drive (A" and select "Pin to Quick access". "Floppy Disk Drive (A" should appear under "Quick access". Although "Floppy Disk Drive (A" will disappear
from "This PC" after you close and reopen File Explorer, it will remain under "Quick access" and you can access it from there. It appears that W10 now thinks there is an internal drive "(A" because if you right click it "Eject" does not appear as an option.
Why it disappears from "This PC" is a mystery.

Note: On my machine (ASUS) if I take out the diskette or disconnect the drive, "Floppy Disk Drive (A" stays in the "Quick access" menu. So no need to keep a diskette in the drive all the time or even have it connected all the time. Worked fine after I reconnected
it.

Note 1: Under "Devices and Printers" the Drive was identified as "TEAC FD-05PUB". If you get something different (assuming you have a TEAC) try running "Troubleshoot" and see if that corrects it.

I hope the information above helps.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

With Warm Regards,

 

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I can install the drive but when I try to operate it with the floppy disk in portable diskette drive it does not operate and informs me "insert disk into drive"?



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After 6 hours this worked for me. I have the Teac drive also and it appeared to install correctly, but did not show up in Windows Explorer. During a boot up the drive clicks and spins like 3.5" drives did on older systems
if there is diskette in the drive. I opened "Devices and Printers" in the Control Panel and the drive was there. With the diskette still inserted, right click on the Teac icon and select "Browse
files > Floppy Disk Drive (A". File Explorer should open up and you will see the files on the floppy listed. You will now see "Floppy Disk Drive (A" listed under "This PC". Right click on "Floppy Disk Drive (A" and select "Pin to Quick access". "Floppy
Disk Drive (A" should appear under "Quick access". Although "Floppy Disk Drive (A" will disappear from "This PC" after you close and reopen File Explorer, it will remain under "Quick access" and you can access it from there. It appears that W10 now thinks
there is an internal drive "(A" because if you right click it "Eject" does not appear as an option. Why it disappears from "This PC" is a mystery.

Note: On my machine (ASUS) if I take out the diskette or disconnect the drive, "Floppy Disk Drive (A" stays in the "Quick access" menu. So no need to keep a diskette in the drive all the time or even have it connected all the time. Worked fine after
I reconnected it.

Note 1: Under "Devices and Printers" the Drive was identified as "TEAC FD-05PUB". If you get something different (assuming you have a TEAC) try running "Troubleshoot" and see if that corrects it.