Caleb Hansberry
Veteran Member
So I have a Pentium Toshiba laptop and I wanted an external FDD, and had a bit of difficulty getting one so I'll show you guys what I found.
There are four or five different models of Toshiba FDD cases, but as far as I can tell there are only two types of connectors. This is the 17mm connector:
And this is the 20mm connector:
I'm not sure which is newer, my guess is of course the 17mm. My 225CDS uses the 20mm. Several of the cases look like the drives they contain are compatible, they just don't have the right fit of connector on the laptop end. My drive looks like this:
And I have seen it with both connector types, so I think they started making that model in 20mm and switched it to 17mm later. Here is a comparison:
There are four or five different models of Toshiba FDD cases, but as far as I can tell there are only two types of connectors. This is the 17mm connector:
And this is the 20mm connector:
I'm not sure which is newer, my guess is of course the 17mm. My 225CDS uses the 20mm. Several of the cases look like the drives they contain are compatible, they just don't have the right fit of connector on the laptop end. My drive looks like this:
And I have seen it with both connector types, so I think they started making that model in 20mm and switched it to 17mm later. Here is a comparison: