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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Floppy disks are an outdated form of magnetic data storage.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 operating system is used on bootable CD's or floppy disks?
Warcraft DOTA system and Counter Strike version 1.3 System
How do you open a floppy disk?
* Insert the floppy into drive A * click on my computer * select 3.25 floppy A * right click and select open option
The system disk is the partition from which the operating system was loaded at startup.
formatting
Is it possible to increase the megabytes on a floppy disk so that it can store a 1863 kilobyte file?
There are various ways to "overformat" a floppy disk so that it can hold more than its rated capacity. However, the maximum is about 1.72 MB, which would be too small for your file without compressing it in another format (like a zip file). Overformatted disks also generally don't work on newer operating systems (2000/XP/Vista).
How much hard disk storage can home and small business users add to their network with a NAS device?
How much hard disk storage can home and small business users add to their network with a NAS device? Some home and small business users opt to add up to 6 TB or more of hard disk storage space to their network.
What is power drive and winter drive on 1990 Isuzu trooper?
Winter drive - you must be going under 7 mph when you engage it. It keeps the SUV in 3rd gear (max ~ 40 mph) so that speed is reduced, control is better. Useful for when roads are slick with snow/ice, especially curvy, hilly roads. Power drive - gives slightly more power when accelerating. Increases the RPM's for each gear. Mileage will suffer, though.
How does a magnetic disk work?
Digital information is stored in microscopic needles as part of the disk's magnetic coating.
How do you get back the file deleted from the pen drive?
see if there is a small trash can symbol and click it may show dates. Click it and your file may popup it wasnt deleted too long ago
Why you cannot use optical disks for all applications?
slow seek time, read only/limited rewrite cycles
You have floppy disks can you rewrite or recopy on them?
Given that you have a floppy disc drive then yes you can.
Why would your floppy drive replace the contents of your disk with the contents of another disk?
you need to "write protect" your floppy disk.if you turn the floppy disk over you will see a little tab on the lower right hand corner,push this tab down until you can see the hole through it.your disk is now write protected and cannot be overwritten.
Standardizes the data formats between systems?
In computing, the presentation layer standardizes data formats between systems. It functions to format the input information to the application for either further processing or display.
How do you copy photos from a hard drive to a CD-RW?
If you are running Windows XP you can right click on the file and choose "send to" and then choose "CDRW Drive" if you are running and older version of Windows you will need CD Burning software such as Roxio Easy CD Creator to name just one.
In a sequestered disk, a fragment of the NP has broken loose from the disk and is free in the spinal canal.
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Why did floppy disks lose credibility?
They haven't lost credibility, but they have lost all purpose. They are no longer used because CD's and DVD's can hold a lot more information and are a lot more durable.
What will happen if you format a disk that already contains files of data?
Formatting a disk that contains files of data can result in total data loss. Unless you have backed up all the data from a drive (if possible), do not format unless you are prepared to lose everything including your operating system, which you will then need to reinstall.
When you delete a file from a floppy disk can you recover it?
The files cannot be recovered once deleted.
