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Floppy Disk Drives
Floppy disks are an outdated form of magnetic data storage. Questions about floppy disk drives and floppy disks themselves belong here.
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What problem resulted in no drive detected except for the floppy drive?
Well not knowing your skill level I'll just give you a few things you can check and if you can't do it then I'm sure you'll be able to find someone. First, make sure that your hard drive is detected in BIOS, if not then change it to auto-detect and it will find your hard drive assuming your hard drive is in good shape. Reboot and if you get the same error then put your XP CD in the CD drive and reboot again. Enter the Recovery Console and fix MBR (Master Boot Record). If none of those work then your options are pretty slim. You probably gonna need a new hard drive. :
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
What is the advantage of using a pen drive over a floppy disk?
Size for one, and size for another.
The size of a pen drive can be under 1 square inch while a floppy disk is much large than that. Also, pen drives can carry anywhere from 128 Megabytes to 128 Gigabytes and possibly some larger.
What materials are used to make floppy discs?
Floppy disks generally had the following makeup:
- A thin, plastic disk that went practically all the way to the edge of whatever casing held the disk.
- A center hole made of firmer material than the disk itself that was used to move the disk in a circle as data was written to and read. Earlier designs were plastic, while later designs were metal.
- A thin coating of iron oxide on the inner plastic disk, on one or both sides (single density or double density), which "permanently" holds a magnetic charge if a strong magnet is placed near it.
- A rigid plastic outer shell to protect the flexible inner plastic disk (the reason they were called "floppy disks").
- On later models, there was a spring loaded metal sheath over the disk's main opening, which helped prevent dust buildup.
- Also on later models, a cotton-like substance was included in the disk's interior on both sides to help remove dust as the disk was spun.
- A small plastic tab (a sliding switch) was available on some floppies; when set to a particular position, the disk's drive controller would refuse to write data to the disk, making it "read only."
So, basically, a few bits of metal, a few bits of plastic, coated with some more metal, and a bit of cotton for good measure.
How can you save deforeststation?
we can save defarestation by banning hunts and also making forest squads.we should also put on charges to people seen cutting trees.
What will happen if you put steam in a balloon then put it in the refrigerator what will happen?
As the steam cools, the pressure will drop, and the balloon will get smaller.
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it pops i tried it loads
What is the half-life of a disk?
The half-life of a disk is the time it takes the magnetic strength of the medium to weaken by half.
What are the disadvantages of using a floppy disk as a medium of storage?
The biggest disadvantage is that it has very little storage capacity.
The maximum storage capacity of a (last generation) floppy disk is around 240 megabytes. A USB stick, CD, or DVD-ROM can all hold much more than this.
Secondly, fewer and fewer computer termnials are being manufactured with floppy disk drives, since they have been replaced by other storage methods. This means it is hard to get your data off the disk.
Thirdly, floppy disks are more easily corruptible than other methods of data storage.
A disk cluster is a location on a disk's surface that stores data. Most disks are divided into platters/cylinders, tracks, and sectors, and sectors are grouped into clusters when formatted with a file system.
What is the capacity of supercomputer floppy?
Supercomputers do not usually use any type of floppy disk, they usually use custom made high data rate hard disks and tape drives.
Modern supercomputers would typically use a RAID system of multiple disks providing a high reliability high data rate facility that looked to the computer's OS like a single drive with a capacity of several petabytes (or possibly exabytes by the time you read this).
What is the difference between a portable and fixed disk?
A Fixed hard disc is used to store operating system and not for storing applications which we needs portability. Also it stores any application which requires very fast access to data for both reading and writing.
On the other hand, a portable hard disc is used to store very large files which need transporting from one computer to another .
EDIT: This is completely wrong! A fixed hard disc can be used for the OS, yes, but applications can also be stored on there. A portable drive will usually have work files on so you can access them while out of the house.
Is floppy disk holder an input device?
The Floppy Disk " Holder ? " The Drive is an Input and output Device for storage and transferring of information between Computer devices.
But a Floppy Disk " Holder " I would think does either only Hold FLoppy Disk in area from not being mis-placed or lost or stolen from " Maybe "
How can you save a relationship at its low point?
Good luck
CommunicationCommunication is the key to saving a relationship. IF you constantly fight and argue all the time you are both not listening to each other at all. You both have to sit down and really talk about the flaws in your relationship. There can't be any communication if you both are just hearing each other's voices all the time. Arguing is like competing for the upper hand. No one has the upper hand in a relationship its a 50/50 compromise. So both of you need to stop and sit down. Get a coffee, or go to a restaurant and talk to the other person. Make them realize why you liked each other in the first placeHere is more input and advice:
- First ask yourself whether it's worth trying. The concept that a relationship should last a lifetime, or at least as long as possible, is badly outdated. If a split won't cause any particular suffering to anyone (like your kids), and you can find new partners without too much trouble or you'd rather be alone than in a bad relationship, split.
If you want to safe it just because of the MEMORIES how it once was and there's no reasonable chance to make it so again, you should keep and treasure those but move on making new ones.
- WHY is it at a low point? Can you remove those reasons, and at what prize? Or are the reasons temporary and will resolve by themselves? Your question indicates hope for a new peak if you can just survive the dump. Is it justified?
- Maybe you can turn the relationship into friendship? A friendship may actually be more valuable for both of you, especially right now, since you need a good friend at a time like this...You may actually fall in love again!
- I am wondering this same thing. I think that it is something that one can not control. A person can not predict the future. Communication is always key, I think. Though if only one person wants the communication part, then it's over, and you just have to accept it.
- Usually you can. It takes a lot of communication, work, and sacrifice though. Always make sure you're completely honest and open. Tell them EVERYTHING.
- All relationships can be saved as long as change can take place. It is because of self that most relationships deteriorate. Relationship requires two different people with different likes and desires getting along for the common good while going through the time line of life. It is usually when one person in the relationship thinks like a single person that trouble arises. All of us are naturally self oriented. Putting self down and the other person first is the beginning of the cure to the trouble. Love is the motivator and self will the engine that fuel change. After 32 years of marriage I can speak on these things in truth. What may seem like a little thing to you may be a big thing to her. Just because it is not big to you does not immediately reduce it in her eyes. Do not procrastinate in trying to please on the little things, just do them. Now we get to the hard part--you and change. Here is where the third party in a marriage is vital. His name is Jesus and he says to husbands "Love your wives as I have loved the Church." Ephesians 5:24-25
He can change you from self serving to selflessness. It may take a while but the more you try to become a Godly man the easier it will become. She really wants a Godly,caring man in her life. Their are too many men out there that do not do our gender credit. Their eyes full of porn, bellies full of beer, TV full of meaningless sports and ears full of crude jokes. No wonder women are disgusted with these leaderless blowhards. Men of America! Turn your path around! Go back to church! Start thanking God for your wife and children. Ask God to change you! He will! Wonderful things await you if only you act!
- The key to this is. When things are at the lowest, over communicating is harsh. I know that sounds funny... but you can actually be trying tooo hard to be loving. And that can actually be hurting the relationship when things are at their lowest. Take it easy. Don't try too hard. When you do sit down to talk, when things start to get aggresive, back off. Don't push too hard. Resentment is one of the number one keys to issues. Let nature take its course. Of course counseling is helpful too.. but dont rush things, sometimes things have a way of working themselves out, if we just LET them.
Try getting closer to the person... going out to dinner inviting him/her over to hang out go to the basics that got you in the relationship
I also think sometimes you need to decide if the problem is worth fixing. Are you just having trouble in the relationship? Or is there genuinely nothing left? Sometimes people just grow apart..
What are the limitation of the file allocation table?
I'll refer you to the related links, that I'm posting for this question. One from Microsoft and another is a Wikipedia article.
