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What are the similarities of a usb flash drive and a floppy disk?
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∙ 16y ago
There are practically no dissimilarities between flash memory and floppy disk.
Both media store the data in bits, however the method in which this is done is completely different. Floppy disks store data on a moving plater using magnetism, the data must be physically accessed by the read head. Flash memory stores the data as charge and can be accessed by directly addressing the memory. Flash memory has no moving parts, it is durable and data corruption due to external factors is practically non existent.
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What is a portable storage medium?
Cd,DVD Floppy disk etc
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.
Is flash drive an input?
No, it is a data storage device like a hard disk ot floppy disk.
What is the most popular secondary storage device used today?
The Flash Drive.
Is a rescue disk the same thing as a floppy disk?
No. A 'rescue disk' is any media that is used to recover a corrupted or damaged system. it can be in the form of a floppy, CD, DVD, or perhaps even a USB flash drive. A floppy disk can be used for other purposes besides a rescue disk.
What holds the floppy disk also called the AA drive?
Correction: the "A" Drive is a floppy disk dirve that holds, reads and writes on the floppy disk.
What is a floppy disk drive?
A computer floppy drive is the device that reads and writes to a floppy disk. It is located on the front of the Computer.
What does a flash drive look like?
LIke a really thick floppy disk.
How much more storage space does a USB flash drive have compared to a floppy disk?
A USB flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus interface. As of September 2011, drives of up to 256 gigabytes (GB) are available, while the floppy disk is around 8MB.
Is a floppy disk input output or a storage device?
It's a storage device, much like a flash drive or dvd drive now.
Floppy disk disadvantages?
Mainly lack of capacity. A floppy disk is usually 1.44 MB. Modern flash drives, hard drives, etc. are in the gigabytes and terabytes ! You can still use a floppy drive (I have a USB external floppy drive), but it will become more difficult to get new floppy disks as manufacturers abandon a rather antiquated media.
Why doesn't my floppy drive work on my HP windows 98?
The drive might not be recognizing the floppy disk. Start up your computer, and go to the BIOS menu (usually you have to press f2 or f3), and make sure the optical drives are enabled. Also consider using a flash drive instead of a floppy disk.
