Drue

I use floppies all the time...I have 2 readers that I just plug into my "NEW" computer and into my older computer and into my Designer SE in the usb hub and have my designs asap. I have always used the floppies since I bought my first D1 when they first arrived on the scene and carried over to the SE...Yes I do have the USB sticks, but it's a lot easier to find what I'm looking for on a floppy. Guess I need to go stock up at the local Office Depot. Don't buy the ones with the plastic guard on them...they crash very quickly...and don't overfill them. Even if it says you have more space for your designs...they just won't hold as much as they think they will. I also download designs into my hard drive and then onto cd's every so often as a back up.

Carron

I too have the external floppy drive for the computer and use the floppy disks for my embroidery machine. I wish my sewing machine would take a flash drive, could get so many more designs in a lot less space.

deemail

here's how old i am...we had 8" floppies in school in the early 80s... we all thought the 5.5" were the cat's meow.... and the problem today is not getting the floppies...it's do you have an A drive in your computer...i'm on my 3rd upgrade with no 3.5" drive...so all the floppies in the world won't help....it's all available online, whatever you want the download is faster and easier... and i have flash drives in several sizes...i prefer the small versions simply to divide my information easily/quickly...and they are really fast to do... and to take to a friends, computer cafe, etc.... i also use the online word processors...use Googledocs instead of Word and it's all saved in cyberspace instead of your computer anyway. the flash drives are really my backups because i can sit down at any computer with internet access and open up MY docs and alter, print, delete, whatever..... from anywhere.... there are other versions, also but Googledocs is the one i'm familiar with. we downloaded it in a few minutes and began to upload all the patterns, pix and docs... i still have docs i want to keep private and they are on 2 small flash drives (orig and backup...) all this speeds up your computer also, getting all those docs off your hard drive...

jitkaau

They have not been readily available for a long time. Mini CDs and CDs are also becoming a bit old - hat in preference to memory sticks.

happy sewer

You can get a box of 100 with free shipping on ebay. Some outlet in Tennesse. I got some twice.