Floppy Disk

Floppy Disk

1. Uses

   • Can still be used where very small files need to be transferred/stored
   • Write protect facility is useful to prevent accidental overwriting data

2. Advantages

   • - Cost very little -Can be write protected easily -Very small, light and easy to carry

3. Disadvantages

   • -Very slow storage capacity -Very few modern computers have drives for it -They are very delicate and easy to damage -Slow data transfer rate

4. Information

   • Portable data storage where information is held on a thin plastic disk.
   • Data is read/written by floppy disk drives which rotates the disk
   • As the disk rotates, a read/write head is used to add or read data
   • The data is read/written using direct data access methods
   • Maximum storage on a floppy disc is only about 1.44 MB (700 pages of text).
   • The disk of plastic is protected by a retractable metal sleeve and hard plastic casing, a small notch