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How many floppy drives does a computer have?
Computers made today generally do not have any floppy drives at all. PCs traditionally had 2 floppy drives (A: and B:) but might have only one of these. The original Mac had 1 floppy drive. Early microcomputers could frequently have as many as 4 floppy drives. (I had one with this capability but I never connected more than 3 floppy drives, these were 8 inch double sided double density drives).
If a floppy drive is not working why is it better to replace the drive than to repair it?
Because floppy drives (like CD-ROM drives) are very inexpensive. It will cost you $10 at the high end for a brand new floppy drive, just asking a technician to look at your floppy drive could cost more than that.
What are different types of drive?
There are tons of kinds of drives. Floppy Disk Drives, CD-ROM drives, PATA Hard drives, zip drives, flash drives, DVD drives, SATA hard drives.... The list could go on and on and on...
Why do external floppy drives cost more than internal?
External floppy drives use additional hardware to connect to a computer, whereas an internal floppy drive uses a simple cable to connect to components already integrated into most motherboards until very recently. Another factor is that external USB floppy drives are a seldom-used item, whereas an internal floppy drive could be leftover stock from when they were a common commodity in every computer.
Why do most hardware markers no longer build floppy drives into their computers?
Because floppy drives are irrelevant. A high density 3.5" floppy could hold 1.44 MB of information. That's tiny compared to the amount of data that will fit on a USB memory stick costing $1 or so.
What 3 disk drives could be used to make a back up copy?
DVD-RW, External Hard-drive, External Floppy-drive
How many disk drive are there in a computer and what are there?
As many as needed. In laptops/notebooks there is usually only one hard disk. In a desktop or server there could be potentially any number of disk drives. If you mean a CD/DVD drive the same applies.
What is a high density diskette?
Last century when desktop computers were invented they stored information on floppy disks. The last of the floppy disk to be used could take 1.44Megabyte. These days we have USB drives which will take 8Gigabyte or about 7 000 times a high density diskette
What is function of floppy disk?
The floppy disk stores data. Before the days of large hard drives, flash disks, cds, and dvds this was the primary media for transporting data.For example if you wanted to install the old Windows 3.1x it came on a bundle of floppy disks. If you wanted to take a project from work or school back home, you used a floppy disk.
What has replaced the floppy disk?
The newest commonly used storage device would be the usb flashdrives because the have more space and dont break as easily( that last part could be argued with)
Why floppy disk are not a part of a computer system nowadays?
Because floppy disks could only hold tiny amounts of data, only above 1Mb, where as now days memory sticks can hold over 16Gb, over 16,000 times more data. They are also bigger in size too. Most documents and files wouldn't even fit on a floppy, such as MP3 files (songs) which are about 4Mb.
What is the definition of a floppy disc drive?
A floppy disk, or diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles. They are read and written by a floppy disk drive (FDD).Floppy disks, initially as 8-inch (200 mm) media and later in 5.25-inch (133 mm) and 3.5-inch (89 mm) sizes, were a ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange from the mid-1970s well into the first decade of the 21st century.[1]By 2010, computer motherboards were rarely manufactured with floppy drive support; 3 1⁄2" floppies could be used as an external USB drive, but 5 1⁄4", 8", and non-standard drives could only be handled by old equipment.While floppy disk drives still have some limited uses, especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have been superseded by data storage methods with much greater capacity, such as USB flash drives, portable external hard disk drives, optical discs, memory cards, and computer networks.
