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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.
Two examples of magnetic disk?
Compect discs,floppy discs,had disc,etc..,.
What disk for computers has become obsolete?
Floppy Discs
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.
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
What is the oldest form of computer data storage?
Floppy discs :-P
What did you use before memory sticks?
Cds, floppy discs, or paper.
What is a floppy drive on a computer?
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.
Does the floppy disk still have a roll to play?
no floppy discs are almost completely useless these days, unless you want to make something out of them.
Copy old floppy discs to cd?
to do this you must first save what ever is on the floppy disc onto your computer or laptop and then transfer the file from the floppy on to an empty CD disc and then it is done
Are floppy discs reuasable?
Yes, they are reusable. What getting harder is finding a computer to use them on.
When were floppy drives first invented?
The floppy disc drive was invented at IBM in 1967. It used 8" floppy discs. The first floppy disc drive in an IBM personal computer appeared in 1981. By this time the original 8" floppy disc had been replace by a 5.25" disc.
