Sabrent SBT-UFDB USB External 3.5-Inch 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (Black) Review

Unit arrived promptly yesterday from Tiger Direct. First thing I noticed was the plastic flap door (which normally covers the hole where the disk goes) was misaligned. Thought I was going to have to break it out, but I was able to bend it and get it working properly without having to take things apart. Then I tried plugging it into the right side USB port of my Mac PowerBook G4 running OS X 10.3.9 (and put a floppy disk in). The drive made loud grinding noises on the disk, and wouldn't stop, but no icon appeared on the desktop. Then put it on a Dell Windows XP laptop I had, and it worked fine--well, almost. When I tried to Quick Format a disk, it said the disk was write protected (which it wasn't), but I put in a different disk, then re-inserted the first one, and it formatted it. I hadn't bothered to install the Windows drivers that came with the unit; by the way, there are no drivers necessary for Max OS X, and, apparently, not for Windows XP either. Took the drive back to the Mac and tried plugging it in to the LEFT side USB port, and suddenly it worked fine. Tried the RIGHT side port again, no luck. First time I've seen something like this.

Also, there is NOTHING on the unit with the name "Sabrent" that I could find.I wondered if I actually got what I'd ordered.

That's the extent of my use of this thing so far. Assuming it keeps working this way, I won't be sending it back.

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Product Description:
For those with legacy 3.5-inch floppy disks that still hold valuable data, theSabrent SBT-UFDB USB External 3.5-Inch 1.44 MB 2x Floppy Disk Drive (Black) will come to the rescue.
Simply connect the drive to your computer via USB and you can read and write standard 1.44 MB floppy disks at a transfer rate of up to 500 Kbps.
The drive is black, and it is slim, compact, and lightweight--making it easy to transport. Because it is bus-powered, no bulky AC adapter is needed. The floppy drive is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems.
What's in the Box
SBT-UFDB external floppy drive

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