you can pick up a separate disc drive (i'm not sure if that's what it's called- but if you go to a store like office max and tell them what you need they know what it is) i have one (and a designer one) it is a square-- with a usb cord that plugs into the computer- floppy's go into it & you load the designs onto the floppy-to use with your machine- even if you have a design program & a dongle- you still need to get the designs to a floppy- thats where the exterior drive comes in- just ask at the store of a devise to copy floppy's from the computer---or someone who knows all the correct computer lingo will chime in here & tell you what it's really called- i bought mine 8 years ago & just don't remember-
i just know i plug it into the computer- stick in a blank floppy- save designs to it- stick the floppy into the designer one & embroider the designs.