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The most common ones most people are familiar with were 1.44MB, but there were many sizes of "floppy disk" from about a hundred kilobytes to a couple hundred megabytes.
Nowadays, the answer is 1.44 for a double sided high density 3.5" floppy disk. This answer is quite different for other types of floppy disks. There are single sided, double sided, single density, double density, high density , 5.25", 3.5", and 8" floppy disks just to name a few of the many, MANY variations.
* low density capacity: 360 kbytes * hi density capacity : 720 kbytes * double hi density: 1.44 megabytes
There are other (rare) formats that can hold more.
Monserrat Bashirian
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What is the advantage of floppy disks?
they are floppy disks
How did floppy disks improve computing?
Floppy drive was the first storage with portable data storage capacity.. However the data storing capacity of floppy drive is not enough but in early days it helped a lot..
What is a range of a storage capacity of a floppy disc?
Eight inch floppy disks held about 160 KB. Later popular 5-1/4 inch floppy disks initially held 360 KB, but later a 1.2 MB version was introduced. Finally hard cased 3-1/2" floppy disks came out, which held 1.4 MB.
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).
How is a floppy disk useful?
Since higher storage and media devices have been released such as USB's and CD's, floppy disks have become outdated due to the maximum capacity that is now available to computers. In the 1990's floppy disks were very popular and widely used.
What is the plural of floppy disk?
Floppy disks.
Why is floppy disk formatted?
Most floppy disks will come pre-formatted. All floppy disks need to be formatted to be usable.
When was the first floppy disc?
The first floppy disc was a 8-inch- IBM 23FD which was a read only was first introduced in 1971 its storage capacity was 79.7KB. Floppy disks were mostly referred to with imperial measurements,
How many startup disks needed to boot windows 2000 from floppy disks?
Four (4) startup disks are needed to boot Windows 2000 from floppy disks.
What are floppy disks divided into?
Floppy disk has tracks and sectors.
What a floppy drive is used for in a computer?
for putting floppy disks in it
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
