Windows 10: Still not recognizing floppy media

HiI'm running windows 11 home. I just got a TEAC USB 3.5" external floppy drive. It won't recognize the media type. The hardware itself is listed as drive a: in windows explorer, but when I put in anything a new blank floppy, it whirls and acts like it is about to work, then says "media not recognized, need to format. Ok. I tried formatting, and about 5csec into it it keeps saying -track 0 bad disk unusable. These are brand new disks I've don't the whole gambit of install / uninstall drivers, in device manager and I've also letting windows find it, through both reboot after removing it, and

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Windows 10 Floppy drive Not recognized

Trying to use 3.5 in external floppy drive on Win 10. Files are not listed; however, appears to be floppy drive listed under Device Manager.

 

USB floppy drive not recognized in File Explorer

Please Help!

Brand new TEAC USB FLOPPY DRIVE

“Location is not available”

“A: is not accessible

The disk media is not recognized. It may not be formatted.”

is there any solution for this?

 

trying get external iomega floppy drive to work with windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. What is the current Windows 10 build version installed on your computer?
   
2. Are you able to use the Floppy drive on a different computer?
   

As there is a prompt on the screen saying the software is loaded, I suggest you to open the Disk Management and see if you are able to see the device under it.

Follow these steps to open Disk Management.

1. Press and hold the Windows + X key on the keyboard.
   
2. Select Disk Management.
   

Scroll down the Disk management window and check if the Floppy drive is visible, if yes.

• Right click on the Floppy drive.
  
• Click on Change drive Letter and Paths.
  
• Click on Change.
  
• Assign the drive letter you need and click on
  OK.
  
• Click OK to close the window.
  

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Noor Azam S

Microsoft Community – Moderator