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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Floppy disks are an outdated form of magnetic data storage.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.
768 Questions
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.
optical
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.
Can music be saved on a floppy disk?
Yes. But keep in mind that the capacity of a floppy disk is very small. It would be difficult to fit a full-length song at a decent quality on a floppy disk.
What is write protect notch in diskette?
The write protect notch - prevents data being written to a disk. Have a look at the picture in the related link. The two largest disks have a notch cut out from the outer case (see the right-hand side of the disk in the middle of the picture. The 31/2" disk has a moveable 'tab' usually black - which is visible in the bottom left corner of the blue case.
Which direct memory access channel is used for the floppy controller?
From http://www.brainbell.com/tutors/A+/Hardware/Direct_Memory_Access_DMA.htm "DMA channels use the same rules as IRQs. Just as with the 8259 chip, DMA availability soon became a problem because an insufficient number of channels was available. A second DMA chip was added for 286-based computers. Just like the second IRQ chip, these two are cascaded, allowing a total of eight DMA channel assignments (usually referred to simply as DMA channels). The floppy disk drives on all computers use DMA channel 2."
It means floppy drives that are built for higher capacities, or with newer technologies can also read floppy drives with older technologies/less storage. But not vice versa.
How do you calculate data transfer rate for disk drive?
Dear...users,
Actually HDD speed how to calculate means ....Use of RPM( Rate+Per+Minute)
