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As of 2009, floppy disks are still manufactured and sold in limited quantities. They ceased to be a popular choice for data backup and transport after about 2002.
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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
What inventions were created in 1982 that are now obsolete?
Computer floppy disks and drives.
Which file system is used by floppy disks?
FAT (File Allocation Table)
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.
Who discovered floppy disc?
Nobody discovered the floppy disk. Alan Field Shugart working at IBM on the System/370 project invented them in 1970 as a means of storing microcode for loading into writable control store during µIPL (microcode initial program load). Shugart's original floppy, as used on the System/370, was an 8 inch single sided disk with a capacity of 80,000 bytes. The System/370 treated them as read only disks. They were not intended to have a long usage life as they would only be in the drive for a few minutes a day for µIPL and then be returned to the storage sleeve.
What is the advantage of floppy disks?
they are floppy disks
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.
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
How many floppy disc equal a 4gb flash drive?
You would need 729 floppy disks to hold 1GB of data. This is because:1 gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes1 floppy disk can hold 1,474,560 bytesSo floppy disks per gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 divided by 1,474,560, which is 728.18 disks. This means you would need 729 disks to hold the full 1GB.
Who introduced floppy disks?
ian
Are floppy disks expensive to buy?
No they are not
Can floppy disks be bootable?
Yes.
You have floppy disks can you rewrite or recopy on them?
Given that you have a floppy disc drive then yes you can.
