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The process of reading and writing to a hard or floppy disk is done with what?
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∙ 12y ago
The actual read and write process is done via the read/write heads. The head is a very small coil of wire with a tidy metal core in the centre, the coil is coated in plastic and mounted on the end of a thin metal arm. The arm moves the coil across the disk between the inner and outer track to access different parts of the disk surface. Floppy disks have just one recording surface, Hard disks save several recording surfaces, usually two or four but on large drives may be up to 16. Each surface has its own read/write head, all the heads move at the same time as all the arms are driven by one actuator which moves them around.
With floppy disks the heads usually just touch the disk surface. Hard drives spin much faster and the heads skim just off the surface, separation is maintained by a cushion of air created by the design of the plastic head body - it works a little like an aircraft wing.
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∙ 10y agoThe process is called land and rpm
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What is the process of preparing a disk for reading or writing called?
BURNING
Can a floppy disk drive read a floppy disk regardless of how the write protect notch is set?
Yes. The write protection notch is the same for USB, floppy, and other portable media. What is is supposed to do is prevent changing of the data, not reading of the data, on the disk.
What is the difference-between reading and writing a disk?
Reading a disk involves accessing and retrieving data that is already stored on the disk, while writing to a disk involves adding new data or modifying existing data on the disk. Reading does not change the content of the disk, whereas writing alters the information stored on the disk.
What is floppy disk slot?
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
Why do Microsoft Works files get corrupted on floppy disk and how can you retrieve the file?
A file can be corrupted on a floppy disk any number of ways. Some of the more common ones are whenever you put the floppy disk near a magnet or some other source of ionized metal, if you try and pull the floppy disk out of the tray before the computer is done reading or writing it, or even if you somehow expose the inner part of the floppy disk to any type of electronic device (because of the electromagnetic waves that the electronic device gives off). As to how to retrieve the corrupted file, I don't know of any way to retrieve it.
does a floppy disk hold information?
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
What is The process of arranging the magnetic particles on the disk surface for reading and writing so data can be stored is called what?
This is called "Formatting"
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 is floppy disk management?
It's higher than Floppy Disk Associate, but not quite Floppy Disk Board of Directors.
What you inside a floppy disk into a so that data stored in the floppy disk can be read?
To read a floppy disk, you insert a floppy disk into a floppy disk drive. Not all computers have floppy disk drives. Typically desktop computers or ones that stand on the floor have floppy disk drives. New machines today allow a USB thumb drive (USB flash memory storage device) to be used in place of a floppy drive. All modern computersy have USB connections. If you need to read a floppy disk and you computer does not have a floppy disk drive, you can purchase a USB connected floppy disk drive for your computer.
What is floppy disk in German?
The term "Floppy disk" is also used in German as is "Diskette" or "Floppy"
Can a magnet erase the memory of a CD or floppy disk?
The best way to clean a floppy disk is with an electromagnet not a regular magnet. If you can put it to the back of a large speaker when the speaker is turned on, that should work. On the other hand, if you wait about 10 years, that will also do it.
