--- product_id: 55261385 title: "GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 3.5 Inch 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator Grey" brand: "gotek" price: "€ 52.33" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Go Tek" url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/55261385-gotek-sfr1m44-u100-3-5-inch-1-44mb-usb-ssd store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # 1.44MB SSD capacity Supports 1000 USB partitions 34-pin floppy interface + 5V power GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 3.5 Inch 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator Grey **Brand:** gotek **Price:** € 52.33 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 💾 Upgrade your retro gear with future-ready USB power! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 3.5 Inch 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator Grey by gotek - **How much does it cost?** € 52.33 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/55261385-gotek-sfr1m44-u100-3-5-inch-1-44mb-usb-ssd) ## Best For - gotek enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted gotek brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Legacy Meets Modern:** Seamlessly replaces floppy disks with USB flash drives for instant upgrade. - • **Firmware Flexibility:** Stock or FlashFloppy firmware options unlock cross-platform control and enhanced features. - • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** Easy 34-pin interface installation with reliable 5V power supply—no tech headaches. - • **Massive Virtual Storage:** Supports up to 1000 partitions on a single USB drive—carry your entire floppy archive. - • **Versatile Compatibility:** Perfect for embroidery machines, vintage PCs, music gear, and industrial controls still rocking 1.44MB disks. ## Overview The GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 is a 3.5-inch USB floppy drive emulator that replaces traditional 1.44MB floppy disks with USB flash drives. Featuring a 34-pin floppy interface and 5V power supply, it supports up to 1000 partitions on a single USB device, making it ideal for vintage PCs, embroidery machines, and industrial equipment. Its built-in Cortex-M4 CPU ensures reliable performance, while optional firmware upgrades enable broader compatibility and enhanced usability. ## Description GOTEK System Floppy to USB Emulator IMPORTANT TIPS The default loaded firmware is from the GOTEK manufacturer, support 1.44M, 34pin - IBM/PC interface, the format is DOS/FAT12, and the chip is AT32F415 Cortex-M4.Please make sure your machine could support these important points. Attention in Installation Do not be reverse when installing the cable;The USB drive must be formatted into 1.44M FAT12 format , then it could be identified by our GOTEK emulator. If you would like to use our Gotek floopy emulator on AMIGA, please change our default firmware to FlashFloppy firmware first. Features: * 32-bit CPU designed, high integration, and reliable performance. * Connected to the device via the floppy drive interface, simple to install and use. * Use ordinary USB flash drive for data storage, instead of the floppy disk. * Suitable for all kinds of textiles, electronics, machinery which use floppy disk and driver. GOTEK system Floppy to USB emulator Model: SFR1M44-U100 code*: U00 Suitable Machines: Machines use normal 1.44MB floppy disk an driver, example : STOLL flat knitting machine, MULLER3 BONAS STAUBLI JC4 JC5 label weaving machine, YAMAHA KORG etc music instruments which use normal 1.44MB floppy disk and driver. Floppy driver with below function needed: Floppy driver with 34pin interface, and 5V DC power plug Use 2HD flpppy disk with 1.44MB capacity Format of disk : Cylinders: 80 Tracks: 160 Sectors/Track: 18 Bytes/Sector: 512 Data transfer rate: 500 kbps Encoding method: MFM. Features: 1.34pin floppy driver interface, 5V DC power supply, easy to install. 2.Use ordinery usb flash drive as the medium for transfer design. 3.1000pcs partitions in usb flash drive can be used. 4.Built-in self-format function. (read relevant documents to use this function) Panel: 8segment numbers: represent partitions number Green led: status of read and write operation USB port: connect usb flash drive Button Function: Left button used to rise ten-digit, right botton used to rise single-digit, press 2 button together to rise hundred-digit. Review: Works great! - Works great on an old Tandy 1000 I've been tinkering on. Review: Into retro computing? Buy this!! - Recently I've gotten very involved in retro computing. But in 2020, messing with tiny floppy disks is absolutely no fun. Bad sectors, dirty drives, it's just not a great experience. Enter this thing. It allows you to easily turn any old USB drive into 1000 floppy disks, and just push a button to swap between them. It works on any old PC or other devices that use floppy disks for storage (synths, etc). Some notes about the default firmware that's on the device: * The software to use the device is... interesting and a bit annoying. * It's Windows only. * It will only work with DOS and devices that support DOS. With that said, it's trivial to flash a replacement firmware onto this device that turns it into an absolute POWERHOUSE (FlashFloppy, Google it). It just requires VERY minor soldering skills (my toddler could probably do it) and a USB-A to A cable like this: https://www.desertcart.com/Rankie-Cable-Type-1-Pack-Feet/dp/B01KRO8D20/ With the replacement firmware you get: * WAY easier to manage from basically anywhere, Mac, Linux, Windows, etc. * Able to use it with other old devices like Amigas. * Can easily replace the simple LCD with a full-featured OLED screen, again with MINOR soldering skills. In all, a massive value for the money even if you just keep the stock firmware. ## Features - GoTEK 3.5 Inch USB Floopy Disk Drive uses normal USB flash drive as the medium for transfer design. 1.44MB SFR1M44-U100 USB Emulator equipped with 34pin floppy driver interface, 5V DC power supply, easy to install. - 【USB Emulator Capacity】--1.44MB 2HD Cylinders: 80 Tracks: 160 Sectors/Track: 18 Bytes/Sector: 512 Data transfer rate: 500 kbps Encoding method: MFM. 1000pcs partitions in usb flash drive can be used. This floppy drive simulator is perfect for embroidery machine and industrial control equipment of 1.44MB floppy disk drive - 【Attention in Installation】 -- Do not be reverse when installing the cable; The USB drive must be formatted into 1.44M FAT12 format , then it could be identified by our GOTEK emulator. - 【IMPORTANT TIPS】-- The default loaded firmware is from the GOTEK manufacturer, support 1.44M, 34pin - IBM/PC interface, the format is DOS/FAT12, and the chip is AT32F415 Cortex-M4, so please make sure your machine could support these important points. - If you would like to use our Gotek floopy emulator on AMIGA, you need to change our default firmware to FlashFloppy firmware first. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0762NCHC6 | | Additional Features | Plug and Play | | Best Sellers Rank | #12 in Floppy & Tape Drives | | Brand | GoTEK | | Built-In Media | USB floppy drive emulator | | Cache Memory Installed Size | 1.44 | | Color | Grey | | Compatible Devices | PC | | Connectivity Technology | USB | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (337) | | Data Transfer Rate | 0.06 Megabytes Per Second | | Enclosure Material | ABS | | Form Factor | 3.5-inch | | Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive | | Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches | | Hard Disk Interface | USB 1.1 | | Hard-Drive Size | 1.44 MB | | Hardware Connectivity | USB | | Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive | | Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 4.8"L x 3.9"W x 1"Th | | Manufacturer | Gotek | | Model Name | SFR1M44-U100 | | Model Number | 並行輸入品 | | Number of Items | 1 | | Read Speed | 18 Bytes Per Second | | Specific Uses For Product | data storage | | UPC | 727670341232 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** GoTEK - **Color:** Grey - **Compatible Devices:** PC - **Connectivity Technology:** USB - **Hard Disk Description:** Solid State Drive - **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 3.5 Inches - **Hard Disk Interface:** USB 1.1 - **Hard Disk Size:** 1.44 MB - **Installation Type:** Internal Hard Drive - **Special Feature:** Plug and Play ## Images ![GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 3.5 Inch 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator Grey - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/4190F4lCJtL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Will this work on my swf embroidery machine 601 -c and 1201-c.** A: I was able to get this to work on my 1999 SWF A-T 1201. I had to put the jumper across JA and rotated it 180 so that it could be screwed to the floppy plate. When you boot it, have a FAT formatted 2gb or less flash drive plugged in, hold both buttons on the converter down when turning the machine on. The drive will start setting up the folders. If the machine won't boot, let the drive finish formatting the usb flash drive. Once it's done switch the power off and back on and let it boot normally. Once it was booted, I had the 1201 format the file folder selected (000). Once it was formatted my desktop was able to save files to it. File transfers much faster than with floppy and way more folders. I was able to load designs from it and will test it more over the next couple of months. But so far it works and you don't have to wait 2-3 months for the SUE version to arrive from China. **Q: can it format 720K?** A: This model only emulates 1.44 MB disks. However, you can replace the stock firmware with FlashFloppy (open source - find it on github) and emulate almost any type of 3.5" disk media. **Q: Does this emulator allow to write to the virtual floppy images? or it can only read them?** A: It will allow you to create and write to them as well. **Q: Will this work on a Commodore Amiga ?** A: Should. If it doesn't initially, there are dozens of tutorials on y-tube. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works great! *by S***E on December 15, 2025* Works great on an old Tandy 1000 I've been tinkering on. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Into retro computing? Buy this!! *by A***Y on October 23, 2020* Recently I've gotten very involved in retro computing. But in 2020, messing with tiny floppy disks is absolutely no fun. Bad sectors, dirty drives, it's just not a great experience. Enter this thing. It allows you to easily turn any old USB drive into 1000 floppy disks, and just push a button to swap between them. It works on any old PC or other devices that use floppy disks for storage (synths, etc). Some notes about the default firmware that's on the device: * The software to use the device is... interesting and a bit annoying. * It's Windows only. * It will only work with DOS and devices that support DOS. With that said, it's trivial to flash a replacement firmware onto this device that turns it into an absolute POWERHOUSE (FlashFloppy, Google it). It just requires VERY minor soldering skills (my toddler could probably do it) and a USB-A to A cable like this: https://www.amazon.com/Rankie-Cable-Type-1-Pack-Feet/dp/B01KRO8D20/ With the replacement firmware you get: * WAY easier to manage from basically anywhere, Mac, Linux, Windows, etc. * Able to use it with other old devices like Amigas. * Can easily replace the simple LCD with a full-featured OLED screen, again with MINOR soldering skills. In all, a massive value for the money even if you just keep the stock firmware. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Artey (AT32F415) Chip, Compatible with Flashfloppy *by R***R on February 17, 2026* Performance is overall really good in comparison to using a floppy drive connected to a floppy 34-pin cable/controller. For example, using Microsoft Windows 98 with the Gotek multiple floppy disk images and a Flashfloppy FF.CFG file with host defined (host=pc98), wait times are within seconds, versus the default minute for floppy disk detection times! Opting for Flashfloppy firmware rather than the default Gotek firmware, is not a simple task, however is relatively still somewhat easy while noticing several sporadic documentation omitted instructions . (eg. Specific enumerated jumper pins for programming mode; Formatting adding at least one FAT32 partition, rather than formatting entire flash device FAT32; Documenting all flashing methods of the Artey AT32F415 chip, just use simple USB-A to USB-A cable DFU flash/upload method; And initially add floppy images to root directory only, no sub-directories.) Successfully using the Gotek flashed Flashfloppy device with a Verbatim 32GB flash nano thumb USB storage media. Flashfloppy firmware is stated as creating a more easily handled Gotek device, rather than resorting to the Gotek foreign software for formatting and storing floppy images to USB storage media. Flashfloppy firmware mostly generic FAT32 format, then copy floppy images to USB media. (eg. drag-drop or copy-paste) Installing Flashfloppy 1) Requires purchasing a unique USB-A male to USB-A male cable, for flashing using the DFU bus. (eg. dfu-util) 2) Jumper two pins (eg. Boot jumper and 3v pins), enabling programming mode for the Artey chip. I opted for soldering header pins, rather than unsafely using a piece of wire. (eg. 2.54 mm single row male header, could likely use double row header.) Subsequently requires using female to female header jumper wires. 3) Attach one USB-A male end to preferably a USB hub port, the other end of the USB-A male to the front Gotek device USB-A female port. Watch activity logs for proper USB port logging. 4) Get Flashfloppy download compressed (eg. zip) file, unzip, verify the dfu sub-directory with at415 image exists. 5) Linux, install dfu-util, check the Gotek device is connected and properly detected using "dfu-util -l" incantation. Augment the following command arguments if connecting more than one device, otherwise one device should use the following incantations. 6) Linux, un-protect the Artey chip, will exit with error, wait a good several seconds to minute afterwards, # dfu-util -D /home/roger/src/flashfloppy/flashfloppy-3.44/dfu/flashfloppy-at415-st105-3.44.dfu -a 0 -s 0x08000000:unprotect:force 7) Linux, upload flashfloppy firmware, # dfu-util -D /home/roger/src/flashfloppy/flashfloppy-3.44/dfu/flashfloppy-at415-st105-3.44.dfu -a 0 8) Repeat commands as necessary, until dfu-utils indicates uploading firmware. 9) Disconnect the Gotek device and disconnect the jumper wires, and attach regular power, verify F-F display confirms a good upload. 10) Format a USB flash removable media with FAT32, so that the device has one partition. (eg. /dev/sde1) Enable the boot and LBA flags! Copy a 1.44 MB floppy disk image to the root directory of the USB flash media. (eg. Microsoft DOS or Windows 98 DOS boot disk image) 11) Connect the Gotek device to a motherboard, attach the USB flash media; if a "Rib" displays, power-off and re-attach the floppy cable, ensuring not upside down. 12) As of this stage, the device should be working. If using on a PC platform, for quicker accesses, create a DOS formatted FF.CFG file and add "host=pc-dos" option for indicating PC platform image file types, or other platform type. As of this stage, likely will notice the absolute uneasy silence of the Gotek device (eg. no floppy disk drive sounds, aside from dancing two digit LED display, and will be likely desiring adding a speaker. (eg. piezo transducer/disc) May also opt for installing an ordinary white OLED 0.96 display for more descriptive feedback for floppy image file names and a rotary switch for fast forward/backward while navigating many floppy images. I'll likely most certainly install the piezo disc/speaker, and possibly OLD 0.96 screen, not sure about the rotary dial switch as I only have few floppy images. People having 100s of floppy disk era games usually opt for the rotary dial switch. ## Frequently Bought Together - GoTEK SFR1M44-U100 3.5 Inch 1.44MB USB SSD Floppy Drive Emulator Grey - CablesOnline 24-inch Universal Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable for 3.5 or 5.25in Drives, FF-001 - KENTEK 6 Inch 6" 4 Pin Molex 5.25 Male to 4 Pin 3.5 Floppy Drive FDD Female M/F IDE DC Internal Computer PC Power Cable Adapter Cord --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.it/products/55261385-gotek-sfr1m44-u100-3-5-inch-1-44mb-usb-ssd](https://www.desertcart.it/products/55261385-gotek-sfr1m44-u100-3-5-inch-1-44mb-usb-ssd) --- *Product available on Desertcart Italy* *Store origin: IT* *Last updated: 2026-05-15*