A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell.

Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive or FDD, the initials of which should not be confused with "fixed disk drive", which is another term for a (nonremovable) type of hard disk drive. Invented by the American information technology company IBM, floppy disks in 8-inch (203 mm), 5+4 in (133 mm), and 3+2 in (89 mm) formats enjoyed nearly three decades as a popular and ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange, from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. While floppy disk drives still have some limited uses, especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have now been largely superseded by USB flash drives, external hard disk drives, CDs, DVDs, and memory cards.

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How can I get Win98 files on Floppy disks installed to WinXP?
Q. I downloaded the files I want to keep from my old Win98 computer onto a floppy disk (only a few files). When I went to download onto the new computer running XP, I got the message "Disk not formatted". I know it's formatted and it has my files on it. What can I do to get XP to recognize this disk (or my files)??? Help!
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can I repair win xp using floppy disks or flash disk?
Q. I have a toshiba satellite. the optical drive does not work, I try to get a new one but still the same problem. It is running win xp, and the system seems to be corrupted or eaten away by virus. It wont boot to the end.
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Is there a way to split a Linux live cd into several floppy disks for installation on an older laptop?
Q. Is there a way to split a Linux live cd into several floppy disks for installation on an older laptop?
Asked by Hack Zill - Wed Apr 2 20:35:38 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well most of the live cds I have used are about 500 to 600 MB. You would need 400 to 500 Floppies. It would be cheaper to some how to find an external cd drive to use the Linux cd. Hopefully you have at least a usb port, if not try to find one for a serial or parallel port. Good Luck
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