A little over forty years ago the first computer floppy disks appeared, and thirty years ago the well-known 3.5-inch floppy disks were released. And they are still being produced! Nowadays, flash drives and external hard drives are used to transfer information, and all previous developments have almost been consigned to oblivion. IT. TUT.BY studied which removable media left a noticeable mark on computer history, and which could become a standard for many years to come.
Here we will consider only floppy disks and cartridges with magneto-optical disks that were inserted into reading devices, and we will not disassemble ordinary disks and tape drives.
8" floppy disk
Developer: IBM
Year of manufacture: 1971
Dimensions: 200x200x1 mm
Volume: from 80 KB at the beginning of release to 1.2 MB
Distribution: ubiquitous
In 1967, a group was organized at IBM under the leadership of Alan Shugart to develop new floppy disks. In 1971, the first eight-inch floppy disk was released onto the market: a round, flat, flexible disk in a plastic envelope measuring 20x20 cm. Because of its flexibility, the new product was named Floppy Disc. At first, the capacity was only 80 kilobytes, but over time the recording density was increased, and after five years floppy disks could already hold more than a megabyte of information.
5.25" floppy disk (Mini Floppy Disk)
Developer: Shugart Associates
Year of manufacture: 1976
Dimensions: 133x133x1 mm
Volume: from 110 KB at the beginning of release to 1.2 MB
Data transfer speed: up to 63 Kb/s
Distribution: ubiquitous
Two years after the release of the first eight-inch floppy disks, Alan Shugart founded his own company, Shugart Associates, which three years later introduced a new development - a five-inch floppy disk and floppy drive. The company was also noted for the development of the SASI standard, which was later renamed SCSI. Floppy disks were either single-sided or double-sided, and many computer designers used their own formatting methods and writing algorithms, which meant that disks written in one drive might not be readable in another. Schoolchildren during the decline of the USSR and the first years of independence of the Union republics loaded computers from such floppy disks and played simple games. By the mid-eighties, the capacity of floppy disks had been increased tenfold. And Shugart Associates, by the way, subsequently changed its name to the well-known Seagate.
3.5" floppy disk (Micro Floppy Disk)
Developer: Sony
Year of manufacture: 1981
Dimensions: 93x89x3 mm
Volume: from 720 KB at the beginning of release to 1.44 MB (standard), to 2.88 MB (Extended Density)
Data transfer speed: up to 63 Kb/s
Distribution: ubiquitous
In 1981, Sony offered completely the new kind floppy disks: three-inch. They were no longer truly flexible, but the name remained. Now the magnetic circle was enclosed in plastic three millimeters thick, and the hole for the heads was covered with a curtain on a spring. These curtains, especially the metal ones, became loose and bent during use, and often came off inside the drive and remained there. Floppy disks became very popular, and different manufacturers computers equipped their cars with them. Sony produced several models of digital cameras that recorded on floppy disks. The standard capacity of floppy disks had already grown to 1.44 MB by 1987, and a little later, thanks to an even higher recording density, it was possible to “squeeze out” up to 2.88 MB. Cunning students in dormitories (including Belarusian ones) used money to “overclock” floppy drives to 1.7-1.8 MB, and they could be read in ordinary disk drives. Despite everything, three-inch floppy disks are still produced. Floppy disks have almost gone out of use, but many programs still have the “Save” command icon in the form of a floppy disk.
Amstrad Disc 3" (Compact Floppy Disc, CF2)
Developer: Hitachi, Maxell, Matsushita
Year of manufacture: 1982
Dimensions: 100x80x5 mm
Volume: from 125 KB at the beginning of release to 720 KB
Distribution: quite wide - mainly Amstrad CPC and Amstrad PCW computers, also Tatung Einstein, ZX Spectrum +3, Sega SF-7000, Gavilan SC
Amstrad, a well-known computer manufacturer, decided to go its own way and promoted three-inch floppy disks of a different format from Hitachi. Even more surprising is that the company was founded by the same Alan Shugart who developed the first floppy disks. The magnetic disk itself inside the case occupied less than half free space- the rest was accounted for by media protection mechanisms, which is why the cost of these disks was quite high. Despite the fact that these floppy disks were more expensive than standard 3.5-inch floppy disks with less memory, the company promoted them for quite a long time and succeeded a lot: more than 3 million Amstrad CPC computers alone were produced.
Bernoulli Box
Developer: Iomega
Year of manufacture: 1983
Dimensions: Bernoulli Box: 27.5x21 cm, Bernoulli Box II: 14x13.6x0.9 cm
Volume: from 5 MB at the beginning of release to 230 MB
Data transfer speed: up to 1.95 Mb/s
Distribution: small
Iomega, later one of the main “whales” of the removable media market, developed the original Bernoulli Box drive in 1983. In it, the floppy disk rotates at high speed (3000 revolutions per minute), as a result of which the surface of the disk directly under the read head bends and does not contact it: read / write operations are performed through an air cushion. Equations for describing these air flows were proposed by the prominent Swiss scientist Daniel Bernoulli back in the 18th century. Thanks to this development, the company gained fame, although the first products were not distinguished by either capacity or portability: the first cartridges were 27.5x21 cm in size and held only 5 megabytes of information. The second generation decreased in size by approximately four times, and by 1994 the memory capacity increased to 230 megabytes. But by that time, magneto-optical disks began to actively promote.
Magneto-optical drive (MO)
Developer: Sony
Year of manufacture: 1985
Dimensions: 133хх133х6 mm, 93х89х6 mm, 72х68х5 mm for MiniDisc
Volume: from 650 MB to 9.2 GB for 5-inch, from 128 MB to 2.3 GB for 3.5-inch, 980 MB for minidisks
Data transfer speed: up to 10 Mb/s
Distribution: significant
Magneto-optical discs look like regular standard-size and smaller-size CDs housed in a case. But at the same time, they have an important difference: recording is carried out using the magnetic method, that is, first the laser heats the surface to a high temperature, and then an electromagnetic pulse changes the magnetization of the areas. The system is highly reliable and resistant to mechanical damage and magnetic radiation, but it provided a low recording speed and had high energy consumption. Both disks and drives were expensive, so magneto-optics did not become very widespread like CDs. The spread was also hampered by the fact that for a very long time such disks allowed data to be written only once. But in some industries (for example, medicine), where the preservation of a large amount of information for a long time is required (and MO disks “live” up to 50 years), the technology has gained recognition. Sony still produces magneto-optical drives in both small and large sizes. Music CDs MiniDisc, introduced by the same Sony company in 1992, is a special case of magneto-optical disks. If at first they only allowed recording music, then modifications MD Data (1993) and Hi-MD (2004) provide recording of any data with a capacity of 650 MB and 980 MB, respectively. Minidiscs are also still being produced.
SyQuest drives
Developer: SyQuest
Year of manufacture: around 1990
Dimensions: 5.25" (approx. 13x13 cm) and 3.5" (approx. 9x9 cm) format
Volume: 5.25": 44, 88 and 200 MB; 3.5": 105 and 270 MB
Distribution: medium (mostly with MacIntosh computers)
QyQuest, founded in 1982 by former Seagate employee Syed Iftikhar, entered the market with removable hard drives for IBM XT computers. Later the company developed several various systems disc cartridges. The most popular are the 5.25-inch SQ400/SQ800/SQ2000 cartridges (44, 88 and 200 MB in capacity), as well as the 3.5-inch SQ310/SQ327 (105 and 270 MB in capacity). Their main disadvantage, besides their size, was that later systems were not fully compatible with earlier ones. Thus, drives for 200-megabyte disks could only read 88-megabyte disks, but could not write to them. The younger systems could neither read nor write to the older ones. In the year of release, 44-megabyte disks cost about $100. The variety of incompatible standards and the lack of a normal trade name for this or that technology did not allow the disks to gain wide popularity. Magneto-optical drives provided more capacity, and Iomega's Zip drives soon followed.
Floptical
Developer: Insite Peripherals
Year of manufacture: 1991 (Insite Floptical), 1998 (Caleb UHD144, Sony HiFD)
Dimensions: 93x89x3 mm
Volume: 21 MB (Insite Floptical), 144 MB (Caleb UHD144), 150-200 MB (Sony HiFD)
Data transfer speed: up to 125 Kb/s
Distribution: very low
Another magneto-optical technology, but of a different type. Information is read by magnetic heads, and the optical subsystem (infrared LEDs) ensures accurate head positioning. Thus, instead of the usual 135 tracks per inch, like floppy disks, a recording density of 1250 tracks per inch was achieved here. Floptical drives were compatible with regular 3.5-inch floppy disks, and at first Floptical disks were positioned as a successor to floppy disks, but this did not happen. Seven years later, Caleb Technology developed its own similar system, the Caleb UHD144, and Sony released Sony HiFD discs. Both of these systems were also compatible with regular floppy disks and both were also called floppy disk replacements, but they were a resounding failure in the market, because by that time the market for 100-250 MB removable media had been captured by Iomega's Zip disks.
Zip Drive (Iomega Zip)
Developer: Iomega
Year of manufacture: 1994
Dimensions: 98x98x6 mm
Volume: from 100 MB at the beginning of release to 750 MB
Data transfer speed: about 1 Mb/s
Distribution: very wide
CDs were still expensive and did not allow erasing records (CD-RWs appeared only in 1997), magneto-optical disks were expensive and power-hungry, and the capacity of ordinary floppy disks was no longer enough. Iomega has improved its magnetic recording technology and introduced Zip disks: slightly larger in size than floppy disks, and with a capacity of as much as 100 megabytes. The head was connected to the disk not from above, but from the side, and the data exchange speed was approximately 15 times faster than that of conventional floppy disks. The drives came in several formats - both external and internal, sleek in shape and blue in color, which could be placed flat or vertical on a table. The technology quickly gained popularity. Despite the “clicks of death”, which were a sign of disk failure, the “zip” sold successfully. In the year of release, disk drives cost $100 and disks cost $20; later, 250-megabyte disks (round in shape, but the same dimensions) and 750-megabyte disks (of the usual shape) appeared. Since the early 2000s, the popularity of Zip drives has declined, but Iomega still sells 100-megabyte drives for $9 apiece, and “seven hundred and fifty” drives for $12.50. Many vintage technology enthusiasts still use epoch-making devices.
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Good day to all, dear readers of my blog. How are you feeling? I hope it's great. You know? I recently discovered old floppy disks at work. I immediately remembered how when I was little I came to my father’s work and inserted 5-inch floppy disks into the computer to play some game.
Now floppy disks have long gone into oblivion, although 3.5-inch disks can still be found in stores. But what can we say about them when even laser discs are seeing their last days, because there are compact flash drives. You don't even have to have a flash drive. Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, you can store files on special cloud services and have access to them from anywhere where there is Internet.
In general, today I want to tell you what the history of the development of disks and floppy disks was, how long each model lasted, etc. The article is certainly not particularly entertaining, but I hope that you will like it and allow you to relax and plunge into nostalgia.
Floppy disks
Floppy disks are also called floppy disks and they are the first portable storage media with the ability to be rewritten multiple times. And throughout time there have been several types of such carriers.
8 inches
The first 8-inch floppy disk was released by IBM back in 1971. Can you imagine? Such disks were made of a special polymer material with a magnetic coating, after which they were placed in a special thin plastic box.
And of course, it was possible to record a small amount of information on such media - no more than 800 kb. Can you imagine? What is 800 kb? It's just nothing. But to be honest, I myself have never seen such floppy disks in real life. Although I need to get it somewhere for my collection.
5.25 inches
Eight-inch floppy disks were replaced in 1976 by 5.25-inch floppy disks. But they were created not by IBM, but by Shugart Associates. But in fact, they were not much different from their predecessors, except that in size, memory capacity (110, 360, 720, 1200 kb) and the plastic coating was harder. I only came across 720 kb diskettes when I played with my father at work , but that was enough.
3.5 inches
I think that 3.5-inch carriers have seen and touched everything, since they actually disappeared into oblivion not so long ago, although as I said above, they are still used and sold in stores, although I have The computer and laptop no longer have a disk drive.
This floppy disk was first created and demonstrated by the famous company SONY in 1981. This carrier was already specifically different from its predecessors. Firstly, it was smaller in size, secondly, it had a specifically different design and a very rigid case, and thirdly, in the middle there was no longer a hole, but a special round metal insert, which allowed the disk to be correctly distributed inside the computer.
The volume of such diskettes was 720 kb (rare), 1.44 MB (running) and 2.88 MB. They were even popular back in the early 2000s, when not everyone could afford a flash drive, and a separate drive was needed to record on a CD.
Iomega ZIP
In the 90s of the last century (Oh, how strange it sounds) new storage media appeared, which were called ZIP disks. These things were very similar in appearance to 3.5-inch drives, but thicker and heavier, so they also needed a separate drive. Such disks had a capacity of 100 and 250 MB (even very rarely 750 MB could be found). Can you imagine how big this is compared to the previous ones?
Such media were supposed to replace and push 3.5-inch media out of the market, but this did not happen. Such disk drives and the zips themselves were incredibly expensive and no one bought them. So this idea withered away, and people remained stuck on the usual three-inch friends. By the way, I have a few lying around at work, but I haven’t seen them in action myself.
Laserdiscs
If you think that laser discs are more modern media, then you are mistaken. Their creation began back in 1979, and in 1982 they already went into mass production.
At the beginning it was assumed that these media would be used only as music, but then it was decided to make it so that any information could be stored on it.
Interesting fact: By the way, do you know why initially it was possible to record 74 minutes of sound on a disc? Why such a strange number? Because the vice president of SONY wildly insisted that this medium could completely accommodate Bach’s ninth symphony, which just lasts 74 minutes. This was the longest piece, and if it had fit, the others would have fit too.
But in the early 2000s, it was decided to increase the volume, and if previously up to 74 minutes of audio or 650 MB of data could be recorded on a disc, now it was possible to record up to 80 minutes of audio or 700 MB of data.
The wheels themselves are made of polycarbonate with a thin coating of aluminum (sometimes silver), which is eventually covered with a very thin layer of varnish.
CD-R and CD-RW
In 1988, a new type of disk appeared, which was initially produced blank, but on which you could record information yourself. Such discs are popularly called blanks and you can record information on them, but you cannot delete this information. This format is called CD-R (Compact Disk Recordable).
Almost 10 years later, in 1997, a format similar to CD-R appears, but with one significant difference. It was possible not only to record anything on this medium, but also to erase and rewrite it. This format is called CD-RW (Compact Disk ReWritable).
I remember how in 2003 I bought myself CD-RW drive and I was so happy that I can now record discs and compile my own music collections from the compositions that I like. Back then, practically no one knew anyone like him. There was only one classmate and that was it.
DVD
In 1996, the Japanese created a new laser media format - DVD (Digital Video Disk). In size and appearance, these discs are no different from ordinary CDs, except that they are denser. But the first copy, which received the DVD-1 format, could already contain 2 times more information, namely 1.46 GB.
Over time, other formats with larger capacities appeared: DVD-5, DVD-9 and even DVD-18. The most popular models were DVD-5 and they contained 4.7 GB of information. DVD-9 was less common, but I personally have never seen a DVD-18 with a stated 17-gigabyte capacity.
DVD+R and DVD-R
Well, in the image and likeness of CDs, blank discs were also produced, but with one difference. They were divided into two camps - DVD+R and DVD-R. At the time when I just started using them, no one even really knew how they differed. Of course, there are some differences, but they are not so critical and are no longer even particularly relevant.
For example, at one time the majority DVD players could not play the “+” format. In addition, it was possible not only to record information on DVD+R/RW, but also to add additional information, which could not be done on DVD-R. On DVD-R - I recorded it once and finished it. There are some other differences and clarifications, but I think there is no point in going into such details.
DVD-RAM
Another DVD format that did not gain much popularity, since it was much more expensive and had little meaning. Its main difference was that if a regular DVD-RW disc was designed to be written no more than 1000 times, then RAM was designed to write data more than ten, or even hundreds of thousands of times.
Well, it was also possible to record information on such a disk in real time, i.e. without additional programs(like a flash drive). I used this type of disc only for an old DVD camera, since it was recording in real time. By the way, it still works and the disk in it also works, but one side of it has already become unusable. What hundreds of thousands of times can we talk about then?
Well, in general, it turns out that the format was not particularly necessary. Tell me, have you ever used RW 1000 times to record? Or at least 100? I personally believe that I have never used one drive more than 30-40 times. They were more quickly lost or damaged by physical impacts.
BD
Last in this article I would like to highlight the BD format, in other words Blu-Ray Disk, which was released in 2006. This disk is again no different in appearance from the previous ones, but has become even denser and, of course, can contain a larger amount of information - from 25 GB (single-layer) to 50 GB (double-layer).
This type was invented mainly to put movies (or other video) there with very high quality. If you use torrents to search for movies, you might have seen that some movies are BD-rips. This means that they are just transferred from a Blu-ray disc and such films usually occupy more than 15 gigabytes. But of course you can also record regular files.
But despite the fact that the format is voluminous, it did not gain much popularity and practically passed the cash register. A friend told me that when he worked in a photo salon, in addition to photography and various services, he had to sell various goods (films, albums, disks, flash drives, etc.).
So, one day they asked him if Bluray was available? But they were not available. After that, the boss bought about 30 of these BDs for the purpose of sales, but after 2 years no one was interested in them anymore.
Well, that's all I would like to tell you about the evolution of disks. As you understand, I won’t shove flash drives here, because they can be given a separate article. I hope that you liked my article and you will not forget to subscribe to blog updates. See you in other articles. Bye bye.
Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.
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Meaning of floppy disk
floppy disk in the crossword dictionary
Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. S.I.Ozhegov, N.Yu.Shvedova.
diskette
Y, f. (specialist.). Flexible magnetic disk, a storage medium for computer processing. Soft, hard d.
adj. floppy, -th, -oh.
Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1998
diskette
cassette-envelope with a flexible magnetic disk (floppy disk). There is a hole in the center of the floppy disk for mounting on a floppy drive. It is used mainly in personal computers for storing information, incl. and programs.
Wikipedia
Diskette
Diskette, flexible magnetic disk- removable storage medium used for repeated recording and storage of data. It is a disk placed in a protective plastic case and coated with a ferromagnetic layer. A floppy drive is used to read floppy disks.
In domestic developments there was an abbreviation - KMT, corresponding to the term "floppy magnetic disk".
A device for working with GMD, accordingly, is called NGMD- “floppy magnetic disk drive”.
Floppy disks typically have a write-protect feature that allows read-only access to the data. Floppy disks were widely used from the 1970s until the end of the 1990s, replacing magnetic tapes and punched cards. At the end of the 20th century, floppy disks began to give way to more capacious CD-R and CD-RW, and in the 21st century, to more convenient flash drives.
An intermediate option between them and traditional floppy disks are more modern floppy disk drives that use cartridges - Iomega Zip, Iomega Jaz; as well as, for example, LS-120 and others, which combined a classic magnetic read/write head and a laser used to aim it.
There was also a family of storage devices called magneto-optical disks. They are not completely magnetic, although they use cartridges shaped like floppy disks.
Examples of the use of the word floppy disk in literature.
Reaching across the table, Artman handed him a thin plastic floppy disk.
Although a firewall can protect against unauthorized access to critical data, it does not protect against employees copying data onto tape or floppy disk and taking it outside the network.
I remembered how in 1995, having met Seryozha Burashnikov, and not yet knowing about his diving and surfacing abilities, I printed my first book in his room, how diskette ended.
While the device was preparing to jump, Geller assembled floppy disk all the accumulated information, adding Lauder’s message to the already prepared files.
Kidnapper floppy disks Lieutenant Colonel Lukin, a friend of Ivanov, who looked at them at his request on the computer, and Pyotr Semenovich’s right hand, Major Sivashov, had already dropped out of this list at that time.
This is our salvation,” Cosette suddenly shouted, “what seemed to us like how the cosmos is shaping up is actually a reset of the program in which we are floppy disk, besides, Mama Doc Lisanka probably activated the anti-virus forces, and the way the stars are supposedly washed away is, in fact, cleaning the computer from viruses.
Among them could be a message from Trade, Petroleum or someone else, for whom any information about floppy disk was extremely important.
ABOUT floppy disks they know: Ivanov, he, General Trofimov, and his trusted deputy Major Proskurin, General Pyotr Semenovich, Captain Borets, the mafia in the person of its leader Papa and his closest assistants and those who gave these diskettes to Pyotr Semenovich.
Diskette
Diskette
plastic cassette envelope with flexible magnetic disk(floppy disk); device for long-term storage information and, if necessary, transfer it from one computer to another. A modern 3.5-inch floppy disk contains a flexible disk made of artificial film - Mylar with a magnetic coating. To read and write information, the floppy disk is placed in a special electronic-mechanical device - drive. Almost all models of modern personal computers are equipped with drives for 3.5-inch floppy disks. The floppy disk has a central hole for pairing with the floppy drive and a rectangular cutout for access to the disk magnetic read and write heads, covered with a metal curtain. The floppy disk is divided into concentric tracks, each of which, in turn, is divided into sectors. There are 80 magnetic recording tracks on the surface of a floppy disk. Recording is done on both sides of the floppy disk surface. The standard capacity of a floppy disk is 1.44 MB. Used in the 1980s. floppy disks size 5.25 inches (133 mm) to gray. 1990s have fallen out of use. Information can be written to a floppy disk repeatedly, which is why floppy disks are widely used, despite their insufficient and relatively small capacity. Before using a floppy disk for the first time, it must be initialized (formatted). This operation is performed using special program. When formatting, the floppy disk's writability is checked. Many manufacturers sell floppy disks that are already formatted.
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- [English] discette Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
FLOCKY DISK, portable MAGNETIC DISK for personal COMPUTERS. The outside is covered with a plastic shell. The size of a floppy disk is traditionally calculated in inches, they are either 3.5 inches (7.9 cm) or, less commonly, 5.25 inches (13.3 cm) in diameter.... ... Scientific and technical encyclopedic dictionary
Floppy disk, cassette, an envelope with a flexible magnetic disk. There is a hole in the center of the floppy disk for mounting on a floppy drive. It is used mainly in personal computers for recording and storing information, including programs... Modern encyclopedia
Cassette is an envelope with a flexible magnetic disk (floppy disk). There is a hole in the center of the floppy disk for mounting on a floppy drive. It is used mainly in personal computers for storing information, including programs... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
DISKETTE, s, female (specialist.). Flexible magnetic disk, a storage medium for computer processing. Soft, hard d. | adj. floppy, oh, oh. Dictionary Ozhegova. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary
Noun, number of synonyms: 4 butyavka (1) disk (28) floppy disks (1) ... Synonym dictionary
diskette- y, w. disquette f., English diskette inf. Flexible magnetic disk storage medium for computer processing. Krysin 1998. From now on, those who want to quickly get to their bosses for an appointment bring the computerized young lady not a chocolate bar, but a magnetic one... Historical Dictionary of Gallicisms of the Russian Language
diskette- floppy disk and obsolete floppy disks, m... Dictionary of difficulties of pronunciation and stress in modern Russian language
diskette- A miniature magnetic disk placed in a protective envelope. [GOST 25868 91] Equipment topics. periphery processing systems information EN diskette... Technical Translator's Guide
Floppy disk, or floppy disk, magnetic disk on which files (text, graphics, etc.) are stored or transferred from one computer to another. Text or graphic files may be submitted to the publishing house by the author as an original, if it has... Publishing dictionary-reference book
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- Computer modeling of semiconductor systems in MatLab 6. 0 + floppy disk, S. G. German-Galkin. The proposed book examines the practical use of MatLab 6.0 for solving problems in the design of semiconductor electric drive systems. Tutorial for technical...
- Collection of job descriptions (+ floppy disk), S. M. Grachev. The book is a collection of sample instructions for industry-wide positions of managers, specialists, workers, as well as types of activities of enterprises and organizations. To the collection...
is a plastic rectangular thing on which you can record information (files and folders). Another name for it is a flexible magnetic disk.
This device is used to transfer files and folders from one place to another - from one computer to another. To be able to open it on a computer, there must be a special floppy drive.
On many modern computers There is no such drive. This is because floppy disks are considered obsolete storage media. Many people don't even know about their existence.
If your computer does not have a device for floppy magnetic disks, and you need to work with them, then a floppy drive can always be purchased separately and connected to the computer.
Why are people giving up floppy disks? The most main reason The problem is that it contains little information. You won’t be able to record music, let alone video, or even photos. good quality They won't fit on this device either.
The floppy disk holds only 1.44 MB.
Another disadvantage of floppy disks is that they are unreliable. You can use it for several years and everything will be fine, or you can accidentally drop it and it will never open again. Some say they get spoiled on the subway. Some say it’s because of the sun’s rays or the cold. But no one can say for sure. Therefore, if you are going to write something onto a floppy disk, it is better to buy two pieces and write the same thing on both one and the other.
Do not allow moisture to enter, protect from heat and cold. Some people advise carrying a floppy disk in a “file” (a transparent bag for documents).
How to open a floppy disk
To view information recorded on the flexible magnetic disk, you need to open "Computer" (My Computer)
And open “Disk 3.5 (A:)” in it
Features of floppy disks
At the bottom of this device there are two “windows” (small holes). One is always open - it simply does not close, the other can be open, or it can be closed. When the window, which can be closed, is open, this means that you can neither erase from nor write to the floppy disk. But as soon as you close the window, you will be able to both write and erase.