How to save pics on old kodak floppies: Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014.

cmc65

Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014. Does any one know how I could retrieve those pictures now for my IMac? Do they even make an external floppy reader that would be compatible? I probably have about 100 of those disks.
Any help would be appreciated.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

cmc65 wrote:

Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014. Does any one know how I could retrieve those pictures now for my IMac? Do they even make an external floppy reader that would be compatible? I probably have about 100 of those disks.
Any help would be appreciated.

I don't know about Mac's, but I know they still make them for PC's. I have a reader for the old Zip discs that is available to read Zip and floppy. I just choose for Zip only, as I don't have anything worth while on my old floppy's.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

cmc65 wrote:

Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014. Does any one know how I could retrieve those pictures now for my IMac? Do they even make an external floppy reader that would be compatible? I probably have about 100 of those disks.
Any help would be appreciated.

I threw my last floppy drive in the garbage a few months ago while housecleaning! It was for PC anyway. If you can't find a drive then most any computer repair service would be your best bet. They could transfer for you. Most of them probably still have old floppy and Zip drives (remember them?) laying around. You could check: http://www.tigerdirect.com for a drive.

I just checked. They have several USP floppy drive readers for under $20. They even still sell floppies! I would make a phone call to see if the USB reader will work with your Mac. I used to deal with them a lot. Good company.

cmc65

LFingar wrote:

I threw my last floppy drive in the garbage a few ... (show quote)

Thank you for that thought, I am familiar with Tiger Direct but haven't bought from them for several years.Never thought of them. I will look at their site. My significant other still uses a PC and there's always the option of using his for this if the iMac won't read them. Thank you both for your help.

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

You might check newegg.com for a Mac compatible USB floppy disk drive. They are to computers what B&H is to photo.

cmc65

nicksr1125 wrote:

You might check newegg.com for a Mac compatible USB floppy disk drive. They are to computers what B&H is to photo.

ty I love options.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

cmc65 wrote:

Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014. Does any one know how I could retrieve those pictures now for my IMac? Do they even make an external floppy reader that would be compatible? I probably have about 100 of those disks.
Any help would be appreciated.

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OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

You can get any USB floppy drive and it will work.

jsharp Loc: Ballwin MO.

cmc65 wrote:

Long ago and far away I sent my point and shoot camera film out to be developed and put on Kodak floppy disks (no prints). Fast forward to 2014. Does any one know how I could retrieve those pictures now for my IMac? Do they even make an external floppy reader that would be compatible? I probably have about 100 of those disks.
Any help would be appreciated.

find someone with a pc/laptop who can still read the disks and have them copy them over to a thumb drive. if they were written with a mac computer you need someone with an old Mac or a mac external floppy drive that's usb capable.

cmc65

jsharp wrote:

find someone with a pc/laptop who can still read the disks and have them copy them over to a thumb drive. if they were written with a mac computer you need someone with an old Mac or a mac external floppy drive that's usb capable.

Thank you all for your help and tips. I have a drive coming from Tiger Direct. Will try it on all the varied computers in the house. If all else fails will take one over to the computer angels at the local computer shop (Right Click) and if nothing else I will give them yet another chuckle by walking in the door.
Posted pics of what I'm dealing with. Kodak software is imbedded on the disk....this may be the main problem when all is said and done.

cmc65

I probably could try and call Kodak...but I don't think anyone would answer the phone.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

cmc65 wrote:

Thank you all for your help and tips. I have a drive coming from Tiger Direct. Will try it on all the varied computers in the house. If all else fails will take one over to the computer angels at the local computer shop (Right Click) and if nothing else I will give them yet another chuckle by walking in the door.
Posted pics of what I'm dealing with. Kodak software is imbedded on the disk....this may be the main problem when all is said and done.

As long as your computer recognizes the drive (doesn't always happen) you should be fine. In all probability the image software is just a free viewer that was included on the disk and should not affect your photo retrieval.

cmc65

LFingar wrote:

As long as your computer recognizes the drive (doesn't always happen) you should be fine. In all probability the image software is just a free viewer that was included on the disk and should not affect your photo retrieval.

Time will tell. Lesson learned as far as backup and storage goes.
Will keep you updated.

twowindsbear

Hi

I have a bunch of Kodak discs, too. They all work just fine using the $1.00 + P&H floppy drive from ebay. Just open the picture files, don't worry about the 'program' on the disc. Any program you have, now, even Picasa, is better than that program! Keep in mind that the files are tiny! Don't expect to make a print much larger than 4 x 6". They should be OK for a slide show, or for email or FB - and of course for memories (cue that song from "Cats")

Good luck

cmc65

twowindsbear wrote:

Hi br br I have a bunch of Kodak discs, too. The... (show quote)

Thank you for the encouragement. Using a Mac can present strange problems sometimes. I did expect small files, but It's killing me not knowing what is on them. I just don't remember. I'm excited now that this might happen.