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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
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What are 3.25 inch or 5.25 inch diskettes?
Commonly known as floppy disks. These were preceded by 8" disks.These disks were either hard or soft sectored. The hard sectored disks had holes punched, either at the outside, or inside periphery to indicate the start of a sector.
Did the first computer have hard disks?
no
Can users download cookie files to a floppy disk?
I suppose technically... if you locate the cookie on your hard drive and copy it as a file into the floppy drive.
What is the difference between a bailey and a wall on a castle?
a bailey is purple and made out of stone and a wall is hard.
How did the hard disk get its name?
The first discs that were made for computers were made from a thin material that bent easily. These were referred to as floppy disc then a smaller disc with a hard plastic cover was brought out to replace this which was originally meant to be referred to as a hard disc, however at around the same time the discs that computers ran on were also looking for a name and these ended up being called the hard disc and the new rigidly encased discs went back to being referred to as floppy discs.
What is the difference between a 'floppy' and a 'diskette'?
Floppy disks were an older technology then diskettes. They were computer storage disks encased in a soft plastic envelope (hence "floppy") that had a bigger diameter than the diskettes which were packaged in a hard plastic cartridge.
What is the difference between hard disc and floppy disc?
The difference is in the thickness and hardness of the disk's magnetic media.Floppy disks (even when encased in plastic housings like in 3.5" diskettes) hold the data on very thin, flexible (thus "floppy") plastic films. Hard disks hold their data on stiff ("hard") platters. Hard disks need to have hard platters because their ability to hold more data means there are fewer mechanical tolerances:. "Floppy" plastic films aren't as reliable.
What is the difference between floppy disc and hard disc?
The difference is in the thickness and hardness of the disk's magnetic media.Floppy disks (even when encased in plastic housings like in 3.5" diskettes) hold the data on very thin, flexible (thus "floppy") plastic films. Hard disks hold their data on stiff ("hard") platters. Hard disks need to have hard platters because their ability to hold more data means there are fewer mechanical tolerances:. "Floppy" plastic films aren't as reliable.
Hard disks CDs DVDs USB drives and floppy disks are?
Secondary Storage
What where the sizes of the other two floppy disk?
The first floppy disks were 8" and 5 1/4 " The later 3 1/2 " disks weren'r really "floppy", they had a hard plastic "shell" ;-)
Relation between floppy disk and plotter?
Data are read in from secondary storage devices like floppy disks, hard disks, or tape drives. ... when pressed, toggles the numeric keypad between the number mode and ... Typical output devices are video monitors, printers, plotters, and secondar.
What type of storage includes hard disks and floppy disks?
"Permanent storage", because the data does not disapear when the power is turned off.
Difference between hard disk and flash memory?
A Floppy Disc (by definition) holds a maximum of 1.44 MegaBytes (1,440,000 Bytes) of data whereas a flash drive starts at 500 MegaBytes 500,000,000 and can hold as much as 8,000 MegaBytes 8,000,000,000 (8GB) of data. ... SIZE .. DOES .. MATTER. :-)
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.
List computer secondary storages?
Hard Drives, CDs, Floppy disks, USB drives.
What are examples of devices include hard disks CDs DVDs USB flash drives and floppy disks?
These are all types of secondary storage devices.
What are the major system files of Windows 95?
FAT12 for floppy disks FAT16 for Hard Disk FAT32 for Hard Disks VFAT (an overlay for FAT32) that allows long file names
