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Q: Which file system does a floppy disk use?
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What is the file system for a 5.25 floppy disk?

Floppy disks use a FAT file system.


What are the steps for data recovery from a floppy disk?

The best way to recover data from a floppy disk is with floppy disk recovery software, such as Wondershare Data Recovery. Install and open the program. Locate your floppy drive and open it to view the files. You can then use the recovery program to recover any file from a floppy disk, even very badly corrupted ones.


6 Which file system is used by floppy disks?

Any file system can be used by a floppy disk, as long as the minimum partition size of the file system does not exceed the capacity of the floppy. FAT12 is the most common on Windows / MS-DOS computers. AFS was common on earlier Macs. ext was used among many Linux users. Floppy disks can use a variety of file systems. On MS-DOS and Windows computers, the primary file system for floppies is FAT12. On older Macs, the file system was HFS or MFS. Linux computers sometimes use ext.


What is floppy disk storage methods?

Floppy disks use magnetic disk to store the data.


What does a person use disk formating for?

It's use to erase and clean all files on the disk removing viruses and unnecessary files. Use also to install new Operating system to the disk if disk in particular is use on a computer system.


If you have linux installed on your system how can you still create a bootable floppy disk to use the utility?

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Is the notebook PC have external optical and floppy disk?

You can use USB floppy disk drive in any machine..


Is there a way to get information off a old floppy disk?

Floppy disks are an old technology and very prone to corruption in a number of circumstances. If the disk is placed near any magnetic interference (speakers, monitor) if a disk gets to hot, or is exposed to light then data on the disk can become unreadable. It is very unlikely that data on a corrupt floppy disk can be recovered. It is generally considered that the use of floppy disks for day to day file storage is a thing of the past. It would be advised you remove any data you have on floppy disc to a new storage format such as flash memory.


How would a bootable floppy disk be useful in troubleshooting?

After you make the floppy disc a boot drive (beforehand), you can use it to boot your system when you are unable to boot using your harddrive.


Why Can you use a floppy disk created in Windows XP to boot a Windows 2000 computer?

The floppy disk has nothing to do with the operating system on the hard drive. You can use a floppy disk created in Windows XP to boot a computer that has Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc...


Which IRQ does a floppy disk controller typically use by default?

A floppy disk typically uses IRQ6 (that is on windows server 2003)


When you use floppy disk?

You can use floppy disk to store small files such documents. It is useful to keep them safe. Just apply a label on it to recall of its content.