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Because it is easily erased because it is on magnetic tape so if it were to go near a magnet it would be erased.
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They may also degrade with time - but whether that is more serious than the computer manufacturers making the equipment obsolete within only a few years so you can't read them anyway, I'll leave others to decide!
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∙ 15y agoFloppy disks are out dated, and are no longer used as much. Also, they can decay and static electricity can affect them.
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What type of storage includes hard disks and floppy disks?
"Permanent storage", because the data does not disapear when the power is turned off.
What is a device that holds data until needed?
Permanent storage device such as a hard drive.
What is the storage media for diskette drive?
Floppy disks
Hard disks CDs DVDs USB drives and floppy disks are?
Secondary Storage
Floppy disks use this type of storage media?
Magnetic
What is floppy disk storage methods?
Floppy disks use magnetic disk to store the data.
Which storage device holds the smallest amount of data?
Floppy disks
What are things such as floppy disks and flash drives called?
Data storage devices.
Flash drives have replaced floppy disks as the perferred method of portable storage because?
They can hold more data than floppy disks and computers aren't really made with floppy disk entrances :)
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 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.
