Floppy disk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. Floppy disks are read and wri...
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The invention of hard disks relegated floppy disks to the secondary roles of data transfer and software installation. The invention of the CD-ROM and the Internet, combined with the increasingly large size of software files, is threatening even these secondary roles.
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Compared to other media, floppy disks are relatively fragile and short-lived, and easy to damage. 5.25" disks are particularly susceptible to problems, which is one reason why the physical packaging of the (relatively) newer 3.5" floppies was so significantly revised.
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Disk drives for floppy disks are called floppy drives. Floppy disks are slower to access than hard disks and have less storage capacity, but they are much less expensive. And most importantly, they are portable.
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and 3) A sensor that detects the rotational position of the diskette via an index hole (or magnetic sensor in 3.5 inch drives) on floppy disks.
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Basically, a floppy disk drive reads and writes data to a small, circular piece of metal-coated plastic similar to audio cassette tape. In this article, you will learn more about what is inside a floppy disk drive and how it works. ... See all Hard Drives & Disks articles...
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A floppy disk is a thin flexible plastic disk coated in metal oxide and enclosed in a rigid plastic casing. There are two different verities of these disks.
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