The floppy disk drive was invented in 1967 by Alan Shugart, using 8-inch disks initially that later evolved into the ubiquitous 5.25-inch disks holding 360KB introduced in 1981. Floppy disks recorded data using magnetic material coated on a thin plastic disk, allowing information to be stored, erased, and rewritten easily and inexpensively. While floppy disks were popular for decades, the technology became obsolete as higher capacity storage options emerged, and floppy disk drives are no longer installed on modern computers, though some users still access the format using inexpensive USB floppy disk drives.

2.  The floppy disk drive was invented by Alan
Shugart in 1967.
 The first floppy drives used an 8 inch disk
which evolved into the 5.25-inch disk that
was used 1981
 The 5.25-inch disks held 360 kilobytes

3.  The floppy disk is like a cassette tape
 It has a thin plastic base and a material
coated with iron oxide
 The iron oxide is a ferromagnetic material
that if it is exposed to a magnetic field it is
permanently be magnetized by the field
 It records information instantly, be erased
and reused many times and is inexpensive
and easy to use

4. 8-4

5. 8-5
 High capacity
 Known as a floppy-disk cartridge
 Require special disk drives
 Three well known types
 Zip disks (Iomega)
100MB, 250MB, 750MB
 HiFD disks (Sony)
200MB, 720MB, read and store data on 1.44MB disk
 SuperDisks (Imation)
240MB, 120MB

6. 8-6
Zip disks (Iomega)
SuperDisks (Imation)
HiFD disks (Sony)

7.  Since technology has evolved floppy disks
drives are no longer being installed in
computers
 Many people still prefer floppy disks and they
are able to use it by attaching a USB floppy
drive
 The drive can be attached to any computer
 The drive will cost you about $20

8. 1. Remove second slide panel from case.
2. Remove the face plate and insert drive into
floppy bay.
3. Screw in the floppy drive.
4. Locate floppy disc drive cable.
5. Hook it up to the motherboard.
6. Adding power.

9.  Since technology has evolved floppy disks
have been hard to find
 It has been replaced by USB sticks which are
more convenient and more durable
 USB sticks will cost about $10-$35 depending
on the storage amount

10. 1. What year was the first 5.25-inch floppy disk
used?
2. What is no longer being installed in computers?
3. What is the name of the drive that can be
attached to any computer?
4. What have floppy disks been replaced with?
5. Give at least one type of floppy disc and
describe
6. Summarize the proper installation procedure
on installing the floppy disk drive.(5 pts.)