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13 What is the main reason why the old floppy discs have died out?
Because new computers have been built without the floppy disc drive and CD discs are much faster and easier.
Are floppy discs the same as compact discs?
No, the floppy disk was really square and floppy. It was the original storage for the earliest PCs. Later there was a "floppy disk" that was smaller and hard. After that the round and hard CD.
What do you use floppy disk drives for?
For putting a floppy disc in. Floppy discs were used a lot in the 1970's as CD's were not invented until the 1980's
Can CD-r drive be used as a floppy drive?
Data can be copied to CDs (Compact Discs) which are writable/rewritable and need a CD/DVD burner to write data. The difference between a floppy and CD is that floppy is a magnetics media and CD an optical media (read/write happens with help of a laser light). - Neeraj Sharma
5 optical types of discs?
# Hard Disk Drive (HDD) # Floppy Disk # CD Disk # USB Disk # SD Card
What storage media are available?
memory stick, secure digital SD cards, hard disc, floppy discs, CD ROMs, zip disk,
Is special software required to burn a CD and a DVD so they can be used to copy pictures and photos on them?
No, as long as you have a CD/DVD drive that can write to discs, then it should work.
How do you use the XP Professional backup of files on your CD-RW instead of a floppy?
Windows Backup will not allow a direct backup to a CD - instead you will have to save the backup file somewhere else and then you can copy it to a CD.
What year was the first 3.5 floppy disk invented?
it was introduced because it was a simple and easy memory storage and then they introduced Cd's which killed the floppy discs
What discs would you use to burn a game copy?
Either a CD-R or a CD-RW. The first you cannot delete or write over but the second, RW, is rewritable so you can.
Is the floppy disk the most prevalent of all portable storage devices?
No, not any longer. For many years the floppy was all that was available, but that has changed. I suspect that the most common now is CD or DVD discs, but USB thumb drives are gaining rapidly.
What are items similar to a floppy disc?
A floppy disc is an old form of data storage device, so the answer would be CD's, DVD's and data sticks.
