Get a 5.25-inch floppy drive to work in Windows 11

It seems that Windows 11 is also capable of reading floppy disks from almost 50 years ago, as this youtuber has shown.

Although today we have the relevant external hard drives, pen drives and even Blu-Rays, in the past to transfer information from one computer to another or even to load our favorite programs we had to make use of the relevant floppy disks, first those of 5, 25 inches and then 3.5 inches, popularized between the 70s and 80s.

We all know how strict Microsoft is when it comes to allowing compatibility of computers with Windows 11, and although PCs that we may have at home are not compatible with the new Redmond operating system, it is likely that a floppy disk drive is compatible. 5.25 inches, as a youtuber has shown.

And has been Jrcraft who has shown on his YouTube channel that it is possible to connect a 5.25-inch disk drive or a computer with Windows 11, and has even been recognized.

In order for the system to be able to read the floppy drive, it made use of a Gigabyte GA-MA7GPM-DS2H Rev-1, and a AMD Athlon 64 X2+ Black Edition.

Then the 5.25-inch reader unit was connected via a 34-pin IDE strip and Windows 11 managed to detect it. Although this experiment is worth absolutely nothing, it is a nod for those users who like to experiment with retro things on new devices.

Although Microsoft also allows Windows 11 to be installed on computers that are not supported, it is not recommended for compatibility and security reasons, with many updates that could not be applied.

In this way, the user has the option of buying a new computer that is compatible with Windows 11 or continue with their current laptop with Windows 10, an operating system which has security updates until 2025.