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A cD holds 600 times more than a floppy disc.
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How much does a 3.5 floppy disk hold?
A standard 3.5" floppy disk holds significantly less than a gigabyte. As a fraction, a floppy holds about 1/711 of a gigabyte.
How much MB of data can be stored in a floppy disc?
It depends...when you see a hot girl... Your floppy disk might turn into a hard drive which is really big, but then it depends :)
How much does a floppy diskette weigh?
A 3.5" floppy disk weighs about 20 grams
How did the word CD come about?
CD = compact disk. As opposed to large floppy disks. A disk because it's round. Compact because it'll hold so much more data than a floppy.
Five different between floppy disk and CD disk?
There are a number of differences between CD and floppy discs. Floppy discs are magnetic and use magnetism to store data, CD drives are optical and read pits in a reflective surface using a laser. CD's have a much higher data density than floppy discs. CD's are a much higher capacity and can be read at much higher speeds than floppy discs.
How much storage capacity does a floppy disk have?
1.44 Megabytes
How much do a floppy disk drive cost?
Floppy disks are seldom sold individually. Depending on the bulk number you purchase, the price per floppy is generally $0.75 to $1.00 USD.
Why won't a floppy disk be ideal for the latest model computer?
The floppy disk is obsolete. The CD has a much larger data capacity and is also more reliable, and the memory stick has an even larger data capacity than the CD.
What is one advantage of having two floppy drives on a system?
It makes it much easier to copy a floppy disk.
Do a hard drive hold more data than a CD?
Yes, It usually depends on how much the CD storage. Cds hold more data, pictures, music and other stuff. A floppy disk can only hold kbs and mbs of files. That is less than the cds hold, and floppy disks are getting obsolete. CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives are the latest to save things on.
Differences between a floppy disk and a hard disk?
A floppy disk is a flexible and magnetic data storage system that is removable from the computer that can store up to 3 megabytes of data. A hard disk on the other hand is the main place that a computer stores data. It is a rotating disk that uses magnetic patterns to store data. Floppy disks have been replaced by USB flash drives.These days (2012) you will not find many floppy disks (although just a couple of years ago we had to order special floppy drives for a server because some software would only be installed if it booted from Drive: A a floppy). There were 8 inch and 5 inch and 31/2 inch floppy disks which were common. The latest (diskettes) were the smallest and were protected by a hard plastic casing. Inside a thin Mylar disk coated with a magnetic surface stored the 1.44 Mb that was the capacity of most diskettes. Hard disks have one or more aluminium or glass disks coated with magnetic surfaces. These hold much more information and now (2012) there are units that can store 3Tb or more.
What are the disadvantages of using a floppy disk as a medium of storage?
The biggest disadvantage is that it has very little storage capacity. The maximum storage capacity of a (last generation) floppy disk is around 240 megabytes. A USB stick, CD, or DVD-ROM can all hold much more than this. Secondly, fewer and fewer computer termnials are being manufactured with floppy disk drives, since they have been replaced by other storage methods. This means it is hard to get your data off the disk. Thirdly, floppy disks are more easily corruptible than other methods of data storage.
