An Upgrade to OS9.2 made my Floppys disappear

Last fall, the MAC G4 OS was upgraded from 8.6 to 9.2. The installation was easy and smooth. The only downside is now the 3.5" floppy disks do not mount onto the desktop. There is a CD drive and Zip drive installed internally - the Macally 3.5" drive is plugged into a USB port. The hardware does show up in the Apple System Profile. (When the floppy drive was initially connected with OS8.6, it was simply plug & play - no software to install.)
Everything I have read states that the software in the system folder should be able to read the USB drive.
Do I need to install a new driver or are the disks used needing to be upgraded? (I don't know if this option is even possible.) Or should I just forget the 3.5" drive and move into the future! This wouldn't be a tragedy, but I would like a few of the files archived on them.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

|I don't know MacAlly drives but my Teac USB floppy was shut out and brought back roughly every other OS upgrade… Duh!
Even if it's mean to be workable without drivers, MacAlly might have some that could help…
Otherwise rather than lose floppies - and those few files - completely, a more modern drive that's specifically rated for your current OS will cost little more than pocket change, yes?

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