What can be done with a small box full of floppy disks?
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Leanne
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I have pictures on them but no way to transfer them - I just cant justify throwing them away. Any suggestions for getting the photos transferred? And if this cant be done, what can I do with them to repurpose them? Thank you. ( I believe each disk is 3"x4")
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You can still buy an external floppy disc unit that plugs into your usb and then you can take the photos off onto your laptop or pc and then save them on a cd disc or print them out.
https://www.amazon.com/External-Floppy-Portable-Windows-Required/dp/B00RXEWOAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503358213&sr=8-1&keywords=portable+floppy+disc+drive
Take them to a computer store, they may have the equipment to transfer them for you for a fee
"To copy the contents of a floppy disk to a CD, you need a floppy disk drive to read the disk and a CD Rewriteable drive to add the floppy disk contents to a CD. Both of these drives can be externally connected drives if necessary." Got that? me neither, but this site offers step by step instructions and some illustrations. https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001368.htm
Good luck!
Most towns have a company that will transfer photos from old media to new media. Check your local phone book or Google something like "photo transfers" in your area.
Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions. I was mislead into thinking that the tech needed to transfer these to my PC was outdated and unavailable. (Yes, I know. I should have Googled it -LOL). Thank you again for opening my eyes and widening my tech world.