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What type of drives record data on removable floppy disks?
Not sure what you're looking for here. We always just called them 'floppy disk drives.'
What is the floppy drive usually referred to as?
Floppy disk drives, or just floppy disks. Nothing special.
Hard disks CDs DVDs USB drives and floppy disks are?
Secondary Storage
List computer secondary storages?
Hard Drives, CDs, Floppy disks, USB drives.
Why do you still need floppy drives?
normally for backup purpouses and boot disks
What inventions were created in 1982 that are now obsolete?
Computer floppy disks and drives.
What is the difference between hard disks and floppy disks?
hard disks are generally contains within the computer and contain FAR more memory than a floppy disk does. floppy disks generally contain 1.44 mb where as hard drives are constantly developing and are currently about 1TB MAX. floppy disks are external in the same way as CD's
Can i use a floppy disk in a zip drive?
No. Zip drives cannot read floppy disks, and cannot be used on a traditional floppy controller.
Flash drives have replaced floppy disks as the perferred method of portable storage because?
They can hold more data than floppy disks and computers aren't really made with floppy disk entrances :)
Are Floppy disks considered high capacity disks?
No. Floppy disks have the lowest storage capacity of any mainstream storage device. Hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and Flash drives all hold far more data than a standard floppy disk. Even when they first came out, hard drives and tape reels held more data (though they also cost far more).
What is the advantage of floppy disks?
they are floppy disks
Are floppy disk still used today?
NO we have these new things called cd's aka compact disks
