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Are Floppy disks considered high capacity disks?
No. Floppy disks have the lowest storage capacity of any mainstream storage device. Hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and Flash drives all hold far more data than a standard floppy disk. Even when they first came out, hard drives and tape reels held more data (though they also cost far more).
What are things such as floppy disks and flash drives called?
Data storage devices.
Flash drives have replaced floppy disks as the perferred method of portable storage because?
They can hold more data than floppy disks and computers aren't really made with floppy disk entrances :)
What are 4 examples of portable storage devices?
Solid state Flash drives USB Hard disks drives
What are examples of devices include hard disks CDs DVDs USB flash drives and floppy disks?
These are all types of secondary storage devices.
Are fdd's still used in computers today?
Floppy disks are rarely used today, mainly due to the fact that they are obsolete. Flash drives, hard disk drives, and memory cards all take the role of floppy disks in a more simple fashion.
What types of computer memory bases on computer?
normally RAM and H drives are on most computers. other just use there flash drives or floppy disks
Floppy disk disadvantages?
Mainly lack of capacity. A floppy disk is usually 1.44 MB. Modern flash drives, hard drives, etc. are in the gigabytes and terabytes ! You can still use a floppy drive (I have a USB external floppy drive), but it will become more difficult to get new floppy disks as manufacturers abandon a rather antiquated media.
Are the usage of flash drives still popular?
The flash drive replaced floppy disks and cd-roms as storage devices. Flash drives are still in popular usage for file storage. Some even use flash drives as back up storage for their whole computer files in the event of a crash.
Is it possible to store data without hard disc?
Yes. Data can be stored to removable media such as flash drives, Floppy Disks, Cd's and DVD's.
Can personal media drive hold files?
Hard drive disks, Flash drives, Cd's, Floppy disks and etc., can hold files so long as they are not bigger than the space of storage on the device.
Why are floppy disks much less popular as a portable storage system and what replaced them?
They have been significantly succeded by smaller, more rigid forms of data storage media with greater protection and storage capacity. For more information about the history of floppy disks and storage devices, see Related Links below this box.
