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In their basic form, floppy discs are common hard disks are the same technology. They both use magnetism to store and read data. They both use a spinning platter read by a horizontally moving read head.
The key differences are that hard disks have the data and reader in the same package, this is why hard discs have evolved in storage capacity while floppy disks remained the same. It was necessary for the written layer of a floppy disk to have the same data density and dimensions as they had to be compatible with floppy disk drives. However with hard discs the drives and read heads could evolve along side the data layer.
Hard discs now have metal platers, and store data at a much higher density. The speed of the mechanisms are much much faster. New technologies such as perpendicular storage can be added and have no impact on compatibility.
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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
Different between floppy disk and hard disk?
Hard disk has always been a hard piece of ferromagnetic metal, while the floppy disk contains only one flexible magnetic foil.
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.
Why the capacity of hard disk is very large as compared to floppy disk?
The reason is that the technology of the days the floppy disk was not as advanced as of today.
What is the device that reads from and writes to a floppy disk or hard disk?
a computer
How do you check the hard disk space of a desktop?
Check if your floppy disk has turned into a hard drive
What diffrance between HDD FDD?
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
Hard disk floppy disk and tape storage technologies can be classified as?
magnetic
How spins faster a hard disk or a floppy disk?
A modern hard disk will spin much faster than a floppy disk. A floppy disk will spin at around 300 RPM. A hard disk will vary depending on model and configuration. A mid range desktop hard disk will spin at around 7200RPM. Laptop hard disks usually run at slower speeds of 5400RMP. High end desktop and server hard disks can spin at speeds in excess of 10000RPM.
What are similarities of a floppy disk and a CD-R?
they store data and they spin when in use, thats about it.
How the working of floppy disk drive differ from hard disk drive?
The head(s) in floppy drives make physical contact with the floppy disk surface, while the heads in hard disk drives fly over the hard disk surface on a cushion of air created by the platter rotation speed. All other features of the devices are similar.
Memory requirements for hard drive and floppy disk?
A floppy typically stores 5.66 Mbytes. well i say that a typical floppy disk holds 1.44 mbytes.
