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Does a hard drive have a slower access time than a floppy drive?
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∙ 14y ago
no a hard drive has a much faster access time...
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How do you access the hard drive in MS-DOS?
If MS-DOS is installed and booted from the drive, it can be accessed immediately at the command prompt. If you have booted from an MS-DOS floppy, you can access the hard drive by typing C:
Does a floppy disk rotate faster than a hard disk?
no the floppy disk rotate slower its because hard disk rotate faster then floppy disk
In what incorrect driv econfiguration would you be able to access files on the hard drive by booting from the floppy drive?
It's not at all incorrect to be able to access files on the hard drive from the floppy. In fact, it would seriously impair the usefulness of the floppy as a rescue utility if you couldn't.
How do you know which drive is the floppy drive?
Typically, the A drive is the floppy drive; the C drive is the hard drive; and the D drive is the CD drive.
What diffrance between HDD FDD?
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
Is b drive is the hard disk drive or not?
A long time ago...... The first disk the computer was programmed to access was the Floppy Drive a 5 1/4 or a 3 1/2 single platter floppy disk. This historically was the first boot since the operating system was needed. This was before Hard disks and way before CDROM or DVDROM. Since the first disk to be accessed was given the label A and was the floppy drive the Hard Disk was given the label B.
What are the tree drives on a computer?
Hard drive, Disk drive and FLoppy disk drive
Use USB floppy drive to make USB hard drive?
This simply isn't possible. Hard drives and floppy drives work in very different ways.
Can I connect a 2.5 inch hard drive to the floppy drive interface?
No. The floppy drive interface and the mini-ata interface on many 2.5 inch hard disks may appear compatible, but they are not.
Can users download cookie files to a floppy disk?
I suppose technically... if you locate the cookie on your hard drive and copy it as a file into the floppy drive.
What is the importance of secondary storage?
Secondary storage can be used to restore a backup of your files if you have to format. You can use it if you run out of room on your main hard drive. If it is external secondary storage you can also bring it with you if you need to access files at work or somewhere else. Commonly used types of secondary storage are the USB drive and Floppy Disk, as referred to in the joke 'Can you turn my floppy disk into a hard drive?' which is impossible!
Is a floppy disk or a hard drive faster at storing?
From what I know, hard drives are faster.
