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You can use the delete command appropriate to the filesystem of the diskette. You can fully format the diskette using the format utility provided. If you're concerned about sensitivity of the data, you should destroy the diskette using fire or some similar means. It's extremely difficult to "delete" data from a diskette in a way that is definitely unrecoverable.
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True statement about formatting a floppy disk for the first time?
Formatting prepares a floppy disk to store data
What is floppy disk storage methods?
Floppy disks use magnetic disk to store the data.
What does it mean to over write on a floppy disk?
If the same data is already in the floppy disk or any other disk, and you are again copying the same data, then it is called the overwriting ..
What are the steps for data recovery from a floppy disk?
The best way to recover data from a floppy disk is with floppy disk recovery software, such as Wondershare Data Recovery. Install and open the program. Locate your floppy drive and open it to view the files. You can then use the recovery program to recover any file from a floppy disk, even very badly corrupted ones.
Is a floppy disk attracted to a magnet?
The 3.5 floppy disk does have magnetism within them and for this reason, magnets destroying data on the floppy disk fueled the myth about magnets destroying your computer. If you buy a cheap magnet and put it near a floppy disk, the magnet will stick to it. After a few seconds, the information on that floppy disk will be destroyed and you will no longer be able to access the data.
Can data be stored and received on a floppy disk?
Data can be stored on a floppy disk, since that is what they are designed for. As for whether it can be "received" on one, that is a pretty vague question, as it doesn't address HOW the data is received.
What type of disk was first developed as permanent data storage?
floppy disk
What has replaced a floppy disk?
data storage devices
Can a floppy disk drive read a floppy disk regardless of how the write protect notch is set?
Yes. The write protection notch is the same for USB, floppy, and other portable media. What is is supposed to do is prevent changing of the data, not reading of the data, on the disk.
What will corrupt data save on a floppy disk?
If you put it on a floppy disk. It's a storage device nothing more. By the way flashdrives are smaller and store a lot more data.
What is a small plastic magnetic disk used to store data?
Its called a floppy disk.
What you inside a floppy disk into a so that data stored in the floppy disk can be read?
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.
