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How the floppy disk drive getting power?
After you mechanically install it into the slot of the computer, you have a wire that connects to the mother board(I believe).
What sort of power connector does a floppy disk drive typically use?
The power connectors used by both 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy drives are 4-pin connectors. The larger connector--used by 5.25-inch drives--is called a Molex or peripheral cable. This type of cable is also used by IDE/ATA hard drives and optical drives. The smaller 4-pin cable used by 3.5-inch floppy drives is generally called a floppy power cable.
How do you format a disc in A drive?
You go to My Computer and right click Floppy (A)and click Format. A dialog will appear and after selecting the right options for you (quick/full format, label etc.) you click Start.Note: A floppy disk must be in the drive A: for this to work.First you are going to need a command prompt. From the start button win7 in the search field type (cmd). Then from the command prompt type format A:
Did PlayStation use disks first?
No. Several consoles used CDs before the PlayStation did. Examples include the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and the Phillips CD-i. There was also a Famicom Disk System peripheral for the Famicom (the Japanese version of the NES) which used floppy-like disks.
How is information stored magnetically on a hard drive?
A hard drive is "hard" and "driven" mechanically. At one time computers were limited to tapes, then floppy disks then hard disks.Actually, that is not correct. The various dates of introduction of the magnetic bulk data storage technologies is as follows:metal tape, 1951 (very heavy, a small reel of tape weighed over 10 pounds but did not bend or stretch left residue in the drive requiring frequent cleaning)plastic tape, 1952 (much lighter and soon made metal tape obsolete but could bend and stretch)hard disk, 1956 (first drive had 50 platters 24 inches in diameter in a stack 48 inches tall, the seek time was 0.8 seconds and the capacity was 5000000 six bit BCD characters; disk coating was a slightly modified formulation of the paint used on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA)floppy disk, 1971 (designed only for loading microcode into IBM System/370 computers at initial startup, never intended to be kept in the drive longer than a few minutes, original capacity 80000 bytes)These all work in a similar manner. The trouble with tapes and floppy disks is that they bend. This distorts the signal stored on them limiting the speed information can be written.A hard disk, on the other hand, is made of metal (aluminum) and doesn't bend so much meaning the signal is a lot more consistent.There are several disks (flat, circular pieces of metal, called platters) inside a hard drive that spin quite fast. These disks have a fine coating of a substance which can be magnetised easily such as Iron oxide or Chromium dioxide. Next to these disks there is a read/write "head". This consists of a small bead of ferrite material with a coil wrapped around it. As the hard disk spins, air close to the disk keeps the head from actually coming in contact with the disk but it is close enough to do its job.When small pulses of electricity are passed through the coil around the ferrite bead, it causes a magnetic field. This magnetic field, in the bead, magnetises the surface of the disk. A simple way of recording data is to record a magnetic pulse for a 1 and a reverse pulse for a zero. 1s and 0s are part of the binary number system which is used throughout the computer. It is only converted back and forth between binary and decimal when you type things in or read them on the screen. Even then, it is really still binary in groups called bytes (8), words (16), double words (32), quad words (64) tbytes (80) and so forth.These days there are much better and faster ways of recording data than simple pulses for 1 and 0. There are a number of systems including, NRZ NRZI, FM, MFM, dibits and many more.
Rank these storage methods in order of their storage capacity DVD floppy disk CD tape?
Tape, DVD, CD, Floppy Disk
What has the greatest storage capacity in a floppy disk?
100 gb.
What is the normal storage capacity floppy disk?
1.4 MB
How much storage capacity does a floppy disk have?
1.44 Megabytes
What is the limitations of floppy disk?
The main one is the disk wears out from contact with the head, and has limited storage capacity.
Rank these storage methods in order of their storage capacity DVD floppy disk CD-ROM tape?
Tape (up to 800GB, ex. DAT 160), DVD (4.7 - 17.08 GB), CD (up to 700MB) , Floppy Disk (ave. 1.44MB)
What has a storage capacity of 1.44 MB?
A standard high density double-sided floppy disk holds about 1.44 mb.
What are the disadvantages of using a floppy disk as a medium of storage?
The biggest disadvantage is that it has very little storage capacity. The maximum storage capacity of a (last generation) floppy disk is around 240 megabytes. A USB stick, CD, or DVD-ROM can all hold much more than this. Secondly, fewer and fewer computer termnials are being manufactured with floppy disk drives, since they have been replaced by other storage methods. This means it is hard to get your data off the disk. Thirdly, floppy disks are more easily corruptible than other methods of data storage.
What is the order of storage capacity for a floppy disk cd-rom hard disk dvd -rom?
Floppy Disk - 144 MB CD-R - 700 MB DVD-R - 4.7 GB Hard Disk - Up to 10 TB
The floppy disk can be used to store over 5 megabytes of data?
A standard floppy disk can hold a maximum of 1.44MB. This is comprised of 720kb of data on both sides of the platter. Some floppy disk drives can read disks of upto 2.88MB in capacity.
What is floppy disk storage methods?
Floppy disks use magnetic disk to store the data.
How much storage does a floppy disk hold?
The capacity of the most ubiquitous floppy is 1.44 MB. Floppies in other capacities have also been made.
