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The floppy disk stores data. Before the days of large hard drives, flash disks, cds, and dvds this was the primary media for transporting data.
For example if you wanted to install the old Windows 3.1x it came on a bundle of floppy disks. If you wanted to take a project from work or school back home, you used a floppy disk.
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What is the function of a plastic flap of a floppy disk?
The purpose of the plastic (or metal) shutter on a floppy disk is to keep dirt off of the magnetic medium when it is not being read.
What is floppy disk slot?
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
does a floppy disk hold information?
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
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
What is floppy disk management?
It's higher than Floppy Disk Associate, but not quite Floppy Disk Board of Directors.
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.
What is floppy disk in German?
The term "Floppy disk" is also used in German as is "Diskette" or "Floppy"
How can you change a floppy disk serial number?
(giggle) FLOPPY disk? Heehee!
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.
High-density floppy disk has a storage capacity of?
The floppy disk which is commonly referred to as a high density floppy disk is a 3.5 inch disk. It has a storage capacity of 1.44 MB.
What is the plural of floppy disk?
Floppy disks.
True statement about formatting a floppy disk for the first time?
Formatting prepares a floppy disk to store data
