In some ways, they are kind-of the same. But there are significant differences. Consider that data organization on a computer has been fashioned after what you might find in an office:
An office may have a bunch of related papers. In a computer file system, those papers would be individually identified as files.
The papers are stored in a folder. On a computer, files are stored in a folder, or, directory.
The office folder is stored, along with other related folders, in a drawer of a filing cabinet. In a computer, a drive is analogous to the drawer of the office filing cabinet. The drive, usually identified by a unique letter of the English alphabet, is a volume, or partition. Files and folders in the "folder" of the drive itself are said to be in the root folder.
The office filing cabinet may have multiple drawers. Together, the drawers form a filing cabinet. In a computer, a drive may be one of several volumes (partitions) available on a physical disk. So, the disk itself may be thought of as the filing cabinet.
A drive and a folder on a computer have these things in common:
A drive and a computer folder have these differences:
The difference between a drive and disk is that a drive is used to read a disk whether it be a floppy disk or a compact disk.
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
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.
Correction: the "A" Drive is a floppy disk dirve that holds, reads and writes on the floppy disk.
A computer floppy drive is the device that reads and writes to a floppy disk. It is located on the front of the Computer.
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
floppy drive
buy a floppy disk drive idiot.
Hard drive, Disk drive and FLoppy disk drive
dick lick the disk till it splashes
By buying a floppy drive. You can buy an external USB floppy drive for under $50.
Changing from a hard disk to a floppy disk drive involves physically replacing the hard disk with a floppy drive in the computer's hardware setup. This requires disconnecting the power and data cables from the hard disk and connecting them to the floppy disk drive instead. Conversely, switching back to a hard disk from a floppy drive would involve reversing this process. It's important to ensure that the computer's BIOS settings are adjusted accordingly to recognize the newly installed drive type.