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What are diskettes?
A diskette is a removable storage device that is used in a floppy disk drive. It contains a plastic rotating disk, it is inside a shell. There were 2 main varieties, the 5.25 inch floppy and the 3.5 inch floppy. The 5.25" diskette truly was floppy. The disk is soft and inside a flexible shell, and you had to take care to never bend it. The 3.25" floppy was actually hard. The platter was more rigid and it was in a hard plastic shell.
While running DOS on a PC which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?
diskcopy
What is an SSD?
An SSD (Solid State Drive) is a type of hard drive that uses no moving parts, but rather stores data on Flash chips, similar to a Flash drive or CompactFlash.Solid State Drive
How can you care for a diskette?
Keep away from sunlight and heat sources, avoid getting dust on the surface (in particular, keeping the slider closed and/or keep the diskettes in their sleeves. Once a diskette is damaged, it cannot be fixed. Make sure regular backups are made of all diskettes.
How are simple machines different from other machines?
They don't have moving parts.
What is the storage media for diskette drive?
Floppy disks
What are floppy diskette drives?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
On a diskette driver data cable what is the drive letter assigned to the drive after the twist?
b
When the message reads diskette not formatted. How do I get to recover the data. The A drive will not even open it up. Thanks for any suggestions. Shimsar?
i think the floppt didk drive will be error plz put the diskette in any other drive and check this. if the data have been written to floppy it should work else the diskette will br corupted
Can a diskette be removed from a computer?
Yes, it is a removable disc. However, almost no computers have diskettes anymore. Answer There should be a button to push that will expel the diskette. Location would be next to the drive. Computers manufactured over the past few years do not have a disk drive where you can insert a diskette. After a period of time where both a disk drive and a CD ROM drive were included, we are now in a time where CD ROM drives and USB ports are provided for external storage. Hmm, guess I misunderstood the question. I thought it was whether a diskette could be removed.
How are floppy drives formatted?
The actual floppy drive itself is not formatted. The drive only spins the floppy disk or diskette. One can format a disk or diskette from the computer control panel. Right click on Drive A (for example), then select format and follow the screen prompts.
Why partition a hard disk?
Inorder to divide the memory in the hard disk to parts, so that different parts can be used for different purposes... such as different OS in different parts.. generally these parts are referred as drives(c: drive, d: drive..etc) .
What are four different pieces of computer?
Input DevicesOutput devicesCPU- Central Processing UnitStorage DevicesCPU (Central processing unit)RAM(Random access memory)ROM(Read only memory)Hard disk
How do you spell diskette?
Diskette is the correct spelling.
What are floppy disketters?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
Which command is used to delete all files from a diskette?
To delete all files from a diskette, you can use the command DEL *.* in the command prompt, which removes all files in the current directory. If you want to delete files without being prompted for confirmation, you can use DEL *.* /Q. Alternatively, you can format the diskette using the command FORMAT A: (assuming A: is the drive letter), which will erase all files and prepare the diskette for new data.
Why would your computer search the diskette for drivers instead of the hard drive when Windows XP detects new hardware?
Most likely is that the driver was instaled from the A: drive first.
