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Creating a windows password reset disk. Even then, this is only because they only take about a megabyte and you can only have one on an otherwise blank memory medium. If you use a USB drive, you can't have anything else on it.
In general, ALWAYS use a USB drive because you have much more storage room. The only difference between a floppy disk and a USB drive is in terms of capacity: 1.44 MB for a floppy disk, 1+ GB for a USB drive.
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What is the advantage of floppy disks?
they are floppy disks
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Since higher storage and media devices have been released such as USB's and CD's, floppy disks have become outdated due to the maximum capacity that is now available to computers.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.
Why are floppy disks useful?
Presumably because they are an easier way to carry around data than dismantling and transporting a hard drive.It is highly doubtful whether floppy disks are useful today, they have too little capacity. A USB flash drive serves the same purpose (simple to carry data around) in a smaller format and with more storage space.For permanent backups or installing programs, CDs and DVDs have taken over the role of the floppy disks.
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
