Floppy Disk Floppy disk is removable storage media. The traditional floppy disk is 1.44 MB. Data is...

Floppy Disk

Floppy disk is removable storage media. The traditional floppy disk is 1.44 MB. Data is recorded on tracks and sectors.

Diskette / Floppy Disk

Uses- To store and transport word processing,

spreadsheet, and other types of files.

Structure of diskette

- Flat circular pieces of Mylar plastic that have been coated with a magnetic material.

Diskette structure

Characteristics of Diskette

- To protect them from accidentally being erased, floppy disks have a write-protect notch.

- A write-protect notch is a small opening in the corner of the floppy disk with a tab that you slide to cover or expose the notch .

- If the write-protect notch is exposed, or open, the drive cannot write on the diskette.

- If the write-protect is covered, or closed the drive can write on the diskette.

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- The write-protect notch only affects the floppy disk drive’s capability of writing on the disk.

- Floppy disk drive can read from a floppy disk whether the write-protect notch is open or closed.

Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)

- FDD is a device that can read from and write on a floppy disk.

- Desktop pc usually have a floppy drive installed inside the system unit.

- If a computer has one floppy disk drive, the drive usually is designated drive A;

- If the computer has two floppy disk drives, the second one usually is designated drive B;