how to get pictures from a 3 1/2 inch floppy to CD?

Question

i have a 9 year old toshiba laptop that i only keep around b/c it has photos saved on there. i was able to (laboriously) transfer many of the photos onto several 3 1/2 inch floppys, but my new HP doesn't have a floppy drive, only CD/DVD (it burns as well).

how can i get the pictures to my new computer?

is there a way to hook up my old laptop to my new computer?

do i have to buy one of those external drive thingys?

if i do have to buy special stuff to transfer the photos, what is the best equipment to buy?

bear in mind, i am not in a position to spend alot of money on computer gear, especially if i am gonna only use it this one time.

are there any specialty services available anywhere that would do this for me?

can i use a memory stick with a 9-year old toshiba satellite?

yes i thought of the web based host thing, but i can't get the toshiba online with a modem anymore. (it's old and screwed up)

my laptop has an internal CD drive, but it doesn't burn. :(

Answer 1

ok, you can do this the easy way or the easy way :D

the easy way (number 1) would be to buy an external floppy disk drive and plug it into your new computer and pop the disks in and drag them from the floppy to your computer.

the External Floppy Drive will run you anywhere from 20 to 30 bucks...id say thats a fair price depending on how much you like the pics :D

the other easy way

If your laptop has a USB port, witch im pretty sure it does, you can buy a USB flash drive. Its a little 2-4inch piece of plastic that can be the handiest little thing you'll ever buy. You treat it like a floppy but, it has anywhere from 100x-4000x the size. these will run you anwhere from $20 to $60 bucks depending on the size of the drive. you can get a 1gb drive for about 20-25 bucks witch is very nice.

a nice thing about the second option i listed is the fact that it is more up-to-date and you will be likely to use it again in the future.

have fun!

Answer 2

Of course on option is to get an external USB floppy drive, $20-$50, and hook it up to your new computer.

You could transfer all of your pics to a web based host, then download them to the new machine.

Check with a printshop, like PIP. They can do the transfer for you for a price.

A 9 year old computer probably doesn't have a USB port, so a flash drive is probably out of the question.

Best bet, is to find a friend who has a floppy drive and CD RW ability.

Answer 3

Well, most laptops I know have the feature of removing the CD/DVD drive and inserting a floppy or another CD/DVD drive in place. There is supposed to be some button on the drive that when you press it, something sticks out and you have to pull on that to take the drive out.

But if your laptops don't have that feature, then you can e-mail the pics to yourself. Or you can network them together using a crossover cable or router and ethernet cables.

Or you can get a flash drive and transfer the pics using that.

If you need anything, go to www.froogle.com. Flash drives are pretty cheap, some goods ones are 10 or 12 dollars.

Answer 4

If your computer does have a 3.5 floppy disk drive installed you have 2 choices, install a floppy drive on your computer then copy the files to a folder on your computer and if your have CD burner, copy them to a disk. Or that the floppies to Wal Mart, use there photo maker to make a CD, that copy of the disk will be cheaper than buying a drive if those are the only floppies that you want to copy to a disk.

Answer 5

A memory stick, some of them only cost $9