-no because the inner dick will not be able to spin up to speed for the disk to read it
-the best way is to find an older computer and convert all the files from the floppy disks to a normal CD-rom type disk
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
No. A floppy is designed to be inserted in only one way. Inserting it upside-down, backwards, or sideways can cause damage to both the disk and the drive.
The actual floppy drive itself is not formatted. The drive only spins the floppy disk or diskette. One can format a disk or diskette from the computer control panel. Right click on Drive A (for example), then select format and follow the screen prompts.
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
The term "Floppy disk" is also used in German as is "Diskette" or "Floppy"
A 3.5" floppy disk weighs about 20 grams
To read a floppy disk, you insert a floppy disk into a floppy disk drive. Not all computers have floppy disk drives. Typically desktop computers or ones that stand on the floor have floppy disk drives. New machines today allow a USB thumb drive (USB flash memory storage device) to be used in place of a floppy drive. All modern computersy have USB connections. If you need to read a floppy disk and you computer does not have a floppy disk drive, you can purchase a USB connected floppy disk drive for your computer.
Floppy Disk
The most common type of computer file storage is Hard Disk , it is in built with computer . External Storage is Like CD , DVD , Pen Drive , Floppy Drive .
"Diskette" or "Floppy Disk" are the normal terms used in German.
A Floppy Drive is where you can insert Floppy Disk in order to read and write data to them. They are seldomed used anymore, as optical discs are more mainstream.
A diskette is a removable storage device that is used in a floppy disk drive. It contains a plastic rotating disk, it is inside a shell. There were 2 main varieties, the 5.25 inch floppy and the 3.5 inch floppy. The 5.25" diskette truly was floppy. The disk is soft and inside a flexible shell, and you had to take care to never bend it. The 3.25" floppy was actually hard. The platter was more rigid and it was in a hard plastic shell.