I still have some of the small floppys

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

like you know 2HD Maxell. Is there anyway to transfer what's on them using the CDRom on my new PC ? (Cursing that I didn't make a digital copy)

[hollysmom]

1. befriend someone with an old computer,like me. I am putting everything on thumb drives now.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. That's what I was afraid of...

[ElboRuum]

3. Just get a cheap USB floppy drive.

Amazon has some, some as low as $10. Now I hope you mean 3 1/2 1.44 MB floppies, because if you mean 5 1/4, you may have some difficulty finding a drive outside of an old (and I mean old, like PC/XT/AT era) computer.

[hollysmom]

4. cough cough cough - I have a computer that takes both those floppies.

I just spent months changing photos over from that. I will now be getting rid of that computer. and be down to a mere 6 old computers in my house.

[ChromeFoundry]

5. Try calling FedEx (Kinkos)

or any other mass-copy shop in your area. Chances are they will have a floppy drive computer and if you take them a cheap thumb drive from Staples, they will transfer the data to it for a very reasonable cost. Also.. call your local public library... they may have the old equipment to perform the task.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Ahhh

never realized that , thanks!

[cprise]

7. Copy shop computers are "public terminals"

Same goes for Internet cafes, libraries, etc.

Assume they contain spyware and are going to send your files off to some miscreants who lack a conscience.

The safest route is to buy the USB floppy drive, especially one that doesn't require installation of any special software like this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16821103402