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Formatting Floppy Discs
This is a discussion on Formatting Floppy Discs within the Operating Systems forums, part of the Computers category; A Floppy Disc is divided into concentric circles which are called tracks. These tracks are further sub divided into sectors. ...
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09-30-09, 02:49 PM
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Rep Power: 1  |  Formatting Floppy Discs A Floppy Disc is divided into concentric circles which are called tracks. These tracks are further sub divided into sectors. Data is stored in these sectors. The process of creating the tracks and sectors on a floppy disc is called formatting. New floppy discs are usually formatted but before storing data on it you should ensure formatting. As far as old floppy disc are concerned you should always format it before storing data. After frequent use of floppy discs, some bad sectors are developed. Bad sector is unreadable area on floppy disc. To fix this problem you need to format the disc. By formatting the floppy disc, tracks & sectors are recreated. In this process contents of the floppy disc are deleted. |
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10-04-09, 07:35 PM
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Rep Power: 10  | Anyone use floppy discs anymore??? |
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10-04-09, 07:59 PM
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Rep Power: 10 | How many discs do you need for XP. If I remember correctly is has about 1.6 or 2MB capacity right? -F |
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Rep Power: 3 | i no more use floppy disc... but in some offices it is still used....... there was 1 time when my dad used over 20 floppy discs. |
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10-20-09, 12:09 PM
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| Platinum Member  | I am from the old generation and I have seen floppy disks such as 8", 5.25", 3.5", etc. The 3.5" floppies have given me nightmares. I have stopped using floppies a long time ago. Nowadays, new PCs are sold without these drives and you have to ask for the drive.
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