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A floppy disk is a flexible and magnetic data storage system that is removable from the computer that can store up to 3 megabytes of data. A hard disk on the other hand is the main place that a computer stores data. It is a rotating disk that uses magnetic patterns to store data. Floppy disks have been replaced by USB flash drives.These days (2012) you will not find many floppy disks (although just a couple of years ago we had to order special floppy drives for a server because some software would only be installed if it booted from Drive: A a floppy).
There were 8 inch and 5 inch and 31/2 inch floppy disks which were common.
The latest (diskettes) were the smallest and were protected by a hard plastic casing. Inside a thin Mylar disk coated with a magnetic surface stored the 1.44 Mb that was the capacity of most diskettes.
Hard disks have one or more aluminium or glass disks coated with magnetic surfaces. These hold much more information and now (2012) there are units that can store 3Tb or more.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoFloppy disks are smaller in dimension than a desktop hard drive, although wider than a laptop drive. They are far lighter than even a laptop drive. Given their relatively small size and light weight, they are easier to carry around.
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∙ 11y agoBoth hard disks and floppy disks contain a magnetic surface on which data (information) can be recorded, accessed, and erased. While the hard disk is a permanent Storage and unlike floppy disk. The is still used in every computer but with the invention of USB the floppy disk is not using to much. The space of floppy disk was 8 MP not more but USB space is to many as well as Hard disk. We used Floppy Disk to make our work easy to transfer data to floppy and give it to your friend and the data is transfer to his PC.
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∙ 14y agothis never happens. the only reason that may cause this is a bad case of virus (very old ones)
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∙ 11y agoIn internal plate in the hard drive is much larger and more complex than the plate in a floppy
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Different between floppy disk and hard disk?
Hard disk has always been a hard piece of ferromagnetic metal, while the floppy disk contains only one flexible magnetic foil.
Does a floppy disk rotate faster than a hard disk?
no the floppy disk rotate slower its because hard disk rotate faster then floppy disk
What diffrance between HDD FDD?
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
Are floppy discs the same as compact discs?
No, the floppy disk was really square and floppy. It was the original storage for the earliest PCs. Later there was a "floppy disk" that was smaller and hard. After that the round and hard CD.
Why the capacity of hard disk is very large as compared to floppy disk?
The reason is that the technology of the days the floppy disk was not as advanced as of today.
What is the device that reads from and writes to a floppy disk or hard disk?
a computer
How do you check the hard disk space of a desktop?
Check if your floppy disk has turned into a hard drive
Hard disk floppy disk and tape storage technologies can be classified as?
magnetic
How spins faster a hard disk or a floppy disk?
A modern hard disk will spin much faster than a floppy disk. A floppy disk will spin at around 300 RPM. A hard disk will vary depending on model and configuration. A mid range desktop hard disk will spin at around 7200RPM. Laptop hard disks usually run at slower speeds of 5400RMP. High end desktop and server hard disks can spin at speeds in excess of 10000RPM.
How the working of floppy disk drive differ from hard disk drive?
The head(s) in floppy drives make physical contact with the floppy disk surface, while the heads in hard disk drives fly over the hard disk surface on a cushion of air created by the platter rotation speed. All other features of the devices are similar.
Memory requirements for hard drive and floppy disk?
A floppy typically stores 5.66 Mbytes. well i say that a typical floppy disk holds 1.44 mbytes.
How much MB of data can be stored in a floppy disc?
It depends...when you see a hot girl... Your floppy disk might turn into a hard drive which is really big, but then it depends :)
