What can a floppy disc do?

Answer 1

how does floppy disk funtion? Storing data in range of 70 KB - 2880 KB
A floppy disc contains a single disc of film. This film contains a track of bits, rather like a record, which can be flipped by magantism. When the disk is inserted into the disk drive the shutter is opened and the read heads move into place at the centre of the disk. The film disc is locked into the spindle and the film disc is spun at a constant speed. The read heads then read the desired area of the disc, and gradually move from the centre outwards, just like on a record player. The read heads are held a microscopic distance from the film and read the magnetic state of each bit as they pass the head, which is turned into data. When a floppy disk is being written to, the read heads cause the magnetic bits to "flip" as necessary.

Answer 2

It is a circle of magnetic material similar to any kind of recording tape; one or two sides of the disk are used for recording. The disk drive grabs the floppy by its center and spins it like a record inside its housing. The read/write head, much like the head on a tape deck, contacts the surface through an opening in the plastic shell, or envelope. It is a circle of magnetic material similar to any kind of recording tape; one or two sides of the disk are used for recording. The disk drive grabs the floppy by its center and spins it like a record inside its housing. The read/write head, much like the head on a tape deck, contacts the surface through an opening in the plastic shell, or envelope.

Answer 3

A floppy disc - is essentially a very thin, flat, plastic disc coated in microscopic magnetic particles. When the disc spins in the computer, a read/write 'head' alters the magnetic particles into patterns which the computer reads as binary code. Think like a cassette recorder - it's a similar set-up - except the tape is in a long ribbon rather than a flat disc.

Answer 4

It can store computer data. The amount of data stored will depend on the size of the floppy disk and whether it is a high density or low density disk.

Answer 5

A floppy disk can store data on it so you can transport it to other computers. There are now other ways to accomplish this such as cds, dvds, and usb.

Answer 6

To use a floppy disk, you have to have a floppy disk drive. Floppy disks memory devices before Mp3's came out, even before Cd's.