Before I parked it I invested in a box of zip drives. Its been years since I used it, but recently I racked it and am now thinking about using it again. Does anyone have any experience with these things? I have the instruction manual which shows a screen that you get when you push the FORM soft key, but I can't find how to make the FORM label come up.ītw, existing floppies load just fine so the drive is ok.and yes, I have checked the write protect. It seems to be working fine but I can't figure out how to format a 3.5' floppy. You can now remove the USB cord from your computer and return the drive and cord to its box.Mberry593, post: 409317 wrote: I am fighting an old Akai S3000.Right click on the device in the system tray and eject it.Once you have transferred your files, you can eject the disk by pressing the button on the front (see video above).If comfortable, you may consider using a tool like TeraCopy or RSync, in order to ensure nothing changes in the transfer process.

If so, you can copy and paste them onto your computer (e.g.

Click on what has popped up and see if you can view your files.

You may also have to click on 'This PC' in your file explorer on Windows in order to see it.

Once the disk is inserted, the drive may pop up as a removable drive (the A: drive if in Windows file explorer).

Insert the disk with the label side up and the shutter in the front until you hear a click.Flip the small tab on the bottom of the disk so that it is open, this means it is write-protected (so you can't make any unintentional changes).Remove the drive from its box and plug it into your computer's USB drive.However, some earlier disks from the 1980s and disks formatted on a non-Windows machine may not function correctly. This will work for the majority of disks created from the 1990s - present. Your 3.5' floppy disk like the one pictured above can be accessed through the USB external drive.

Format write protected floppy disk