comparison between compact disc and floppy disk?
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A Floppy disk (I'm assuming you're talking about a 3.5", not a 5.25"?) holds 1.4 Mb of data. So mainly, it's for holding basic word files, HTML, etc. To lock a Floppy disk from being written on, there is a physical switch which must be flipped on the disk. This prevents the shutter from opening.\n\nA CD holds between 650 and 800 Mb, depending on the brand and if they are newer CDs. A CD can be formatted either as an audio CD, holding between 74 and 80 minutes worth of audio, or a data disk, holding the amounts listed above. When a CD is created or "burned", it has to be formatted to either allow to have more data placed on it, or to be locked (no more data can be saved to it).\n\nThe exception is a CD-RW, where you can access and save data on the disk an unlimited number of times.\n\nFloppy disks are suseptable to being erased when placed in a magnetic field.\n\nCDs may become damaged if exposed to direct sunlight. Also, certain cleaners can damage the disk, and scratches to the disk surface may render it unusable
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If it says that you should format it, this means that data on the disk has either been erased or damaged.  Assuming that you have a Windows operating system, you could try running Scandisk to recover the data, but I've never had much luck doing that on a floppy.  Good luck!
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you are trying to access a drive with nothing in it.  if you try to access the floppy drive with no floppy in there you will get this error. same thing for your cd rom. now if you have something in there and you are getting this error then there is a problem. good luck
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At this point, CD is still more universal.  Since both of my computers have DVD, I'm pretty secure using DVDs.\n\nMore important is to remember to think really long term:  As technologies change, be sure to update your 'negative' storage formats!  At some point, standards could change enough that the data itself may be inaccessible, even if the physical media is still being used.
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Well, the obvious advantage is capacity. A DVD will hold much more on one disk than a CD.\n\nDisadvantages I can think of to using a DVD is that it may burn slower than a CD depending on your drive. It is also more expensive depending on the brand. Also, pretty much all computers have CD drives, but not all have DVD drives, so a CD is more compatible.\n\nBottom line, if a CD has all the capacity you need, that is probably the best choice. If you need to hold more data on each disk, go with DVD.
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Floppy\nHD Internal\nHD Removable\nCD\nDVD\nFlash memory\nMemory RAM\nZip\nTape\nand 100 MBs floppy\n\nThats all I can think of.
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Hmm, it would seem that you tried to do something to a disk drive that doesn't exist.\n\nIf you're trying to do something with your floppy drive, that's the A:/ drive.  Your main hard drive is usually C:/ and your cd drive is either d:/ or e:/
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Floppy disc usage is becoming rare. People use CDs instead to store files. I can't think of any advantages right now.
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Depending on how old the hd is and the os you're running, it's kind of hard to tell if a full format is worth it.  If the HD was used for Windows 95, the hd may be using the FAT32 system.  In this case, if you're using 95 on that old hd, try to get a dos prompt up.  You'll need a boot disk for your floppy drive.  If it's anything higher, chances are your hd is toast.\n\nBe a little more specific about your computer and os cause that'll be a lot easier to solve.
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Basically, a floppy disk drive reads and writes data to a small, circular piece of metal-coated plastic similar to audio cassette tape.
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No.  \nCD and DVDs are no based on magentic material like hard drives and floppy disks.
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Check the drive you are using.  If this is a floppy drive you may need to purchase a new one.  These Days most people are using thumb drives instead of floppies though so you may want to look into that...
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Hi there:\n\nI answer this question all the time.\n\nHERE is a complete copy and paste of the last ANSWER I gave, which has all the information you need. As you state, you DO NOT WANT to format or scandisk or defrag, or anything that touches the tracks on your floppy !\n\nSEE below:\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nI lost my data I saved on floppy?\n\nI saved some email messages on a floppy disc and brought it home from work and went to look at them on my computer at home and when I tried to open the floppy it said disco not formatted would you like to format now yes no. Have I lost my data? What should I do?\nAdditional Details\n\nthey are no longer in my email. just on floppy. If i take it back to work will it work there it did the other day.\n\nBest Answer - Chosen by Asker\n\nHi there:\n\nYou have probably NOT lost any data.\nFloppy copy and read problems are VERY common, and people have forgotten how to use them and maintain them.\n\nI looked at the two other answers before mine. The first states that you lost everything. _ WRONG !!\nThe second states that you are using a different operating system ( WRONG -- a floppy is a floppy is floppy unless you are using a MAC vs PC, and even you would be smart enough to know that they are different !)\n[[ Another rare situation is where you are using an OLD, 3 1/4 inch floppy on one machine, and a "new" 3 1/4 inch floppy drive on another machine, since the DRIVES Themselves, are different FORMATS ( the operating systems ( DOS, WIndows would be the same, and understand both formatting systems, but the mechanical heads and tracks are different ! ) There a dozens of different Floppy read/writers, and different FORMATs and sizes. The first IBM PC shipped with no harddrive, no floppy, and 16K of ram. There was a big DIN plug identical to the old keyboard plug, that you plugged in a cable that went to your Audio Cassette player, to load programs.. Then came the full height, single sided, low density, 5 1/2 inch floppy, then the high density, then the low density, two sided floppy, then the two sided High density floppy. Then all of these were replaced with the LOW density 3 1/4 inch floppy, and later the High Density 3 1/4 inch.\nIFF you have a normal, modern 3 1/4 inch HIGH density disk writer at the office, and try to use it in the ancient 3 1/4 LOW density disk unit at home, the older low density machine will not know what the tracks on the floppy are - it will be reading two tinier high density tracks at the same time and get garbage data.\nThe odds of you having a 720 K floppy Machine at home, and a 1.44 Meg floppy Unit at work, are almost zero, but I thought I would mention it ! ) ]]\nThe second answer states to but the floppy BACK in the originating computer, and this actually WOULD have a high success rate.\n\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO " NOT " scandisk, or defrag or touch the floppy in ANY WAY.\nMake your disk ' holy " at once, and prevent any writing of any kind, by flipping the little tab down so that BOTH HOLES on the corners are open ( holy disk ), so that your disk is protected from evil ( programs that WRITE or try to repair it- which would destroy YOUR data in the process of " repairing " the tracks -- they do not give a hoot about YOUR data, only in re-viving the useability of the disk -- BEWARE ! ! )\n\nThere are many precautions in using floppies. The first, is to ALWAYS FULL FORMAT ( not the silly "quick format" ) the disk before writing to it, even if it is NEW and out of the package...\n\nThe other problem is the LACK of use of ordinary floppy drive machines. They continually build up layers of dust, and when people DO go to use them, they gum up the heads with dirt. There are floppy cleaner disks available at most computer stores and dollar stores, and you SHOULD clean them if they have not been in use very much...\n\nAnother problem is the slight variation in the HEAD size, and the HEAD alignment, of different fl
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The disc is either not formatted or bad or the floppy drive is bad.  The floppy disc maybe mac formatted NOT PC formatted or visa versa.  Hope this answers your question.
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i'm afraid you've lost it already.........floppy disk are not so reliable in terms of data storage....they can be easily damaged....sensitive to temperature...and other electromagnetic elements...
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One of several types of magnetic storage media. The term "floppy" refers to any disk that is made of a flexible material, such as Mylar, instead of some type of metal. Almost all floppy disks used now are 3 ½ inch (which hold a maximum of 1.44 megabytes). The smaller, higher capacity disks have become the industry standard, with their older, larger counterparts disappearing into obscurity.
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CDRoms are for CDs...DVDRoms are for DVDs that's why they are printed the way they are when you look at the back of the disc and such.\n\nCDs are compact discs and save information differently than the DVD, Digital Video Disc.  think of it as saving the file as a different file type.\n\nSince the CD does not recognize the "file type" that is the mechanical version of a screen that pops up and asks you to select a different program to open the file with.