Windows 10: Windows Explorer Won't Recognize USB Floppy "A" drive.

I have an external floppy "A" drive. When I plug it into a USB port, it will show up for a couple of seconds in Explorer. Then it will disappear and I can't find or read the drive. I have 2 PC's running Windows 10 and it does it on both. Also, I have a spare floppy "A" with USB connectivity. I tried it on both PC's and it does the same. Can someone help me?

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Support for non-USB Floppy Drives in Windows 10

I have a 3.5" floppy drive with the traditional interface (floppy controller on the motherboard connected via a 34-conductor floppy cable). Windows 10 provides partial support for this: both the floppy drive and the floppy controller show up and are listed
as healthy in Device Manager, and I have access to the floppy drive in Command Prompt. However, I can't get the floppy drive to show up in File Explorer or Disk Management. How do I complete the support for my floppy drive?

I've found discussion in this forum and elsewhere on USB flopppy drives not being supported well in Windows 10, but this is not my question; I have the traditional interface.

 

USB Floppy disk drives not working in Windows 10

Hi,

as several other "oldies" I noticed the problem to show a floppy disk in the file explorer. After searching for a long time the best and easiest workaround was "cafejose" in the forum at bleepingcomputer.com. He or she wrote the following:

"I just found a way to work around this. When I right clicked on the tray icon to prepare to remove the floppy drive ( which seems strange to try, since no such item was shown in File Explorer), there was an item listing, "devices and printers". I clicked
on this item, and a window appeared showing devices and drives, and there it was - the floppy disc drive A:\ was shown. The Devices and Printers window showed some menus at the top of the window, one menu item saying "Browse", and so I clicked on the Down-Arrow.
A window that LOOKED LIKE File Explorer then opened, and there I could see the contents of the floppy disc in the floppy drive.

Now, with all that, will reopening File Explorer show the floppy disc A:\ drive?

NO!"

Link: Floppy disk drive not appear in File Explorer when plugged in - Windows 10 Support

Strange behavior by Windows10 I think, but this way is a bit easier than install (or even start-up) a virtual machine with e.g. WinXP to reach files on floppy disks! Thanks "cafejose"!

 

Windows 10 USB Floppy Drive not working

Hi Willard,

Thank you for your response with the current status of the issue.

The issue could occur if the USB Floppy driver is corrupt.

To assist you better, please provide us the below information:

• Have you tried checking in another computer?
• Have you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue?

I suggest you to update to update TEAC USB Floppy drive and check if it helps.

1. Press Windows Key + R Key.

2. Then type “devmgmt.msc” without the quotes and hit on Enter Key.

3. Expand Disk Drives.

4. Right click on the USB Floppy driver and click on Update driver software.



Reply to us with the information, so that we can assist you better.

Let us know if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.