FLOPPY DRIVE

  What is a floppy drive? A floppy disk drive (FDD), or floppy drive, is a hardware device that reads data storage information. or A floppy disk or floppy is a type of disk storage   composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic s torage  medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. History of the floppy disk. It was invented in 1967 by a team at IBM and was one of the first types of hardware storage that could read/write a portable device. FDDs are used for reading and writing on removable floppy discs. Floppy disks are now outdated and have been replaced by other storage devices such as USB and network file transfer. A floppy disks commonly came in three sizes, 8 inches, 5.5 inches, and 3.5 inches, becoming smaller as the technology advanced. The newer, 3.5-inch version used more cutting-edge technology and held more data than previous models, while the original 8-inch floppy d...