Parts of a Diskette

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Parts of a Diskette | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Lee Yen | permalink
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Diskettes were the primary medium for computer data storage from the 1980s until the early 2000s. Due to their limited capacity and some reliability issues, they were eventually replaced by CD, DVD, and flash memory storage.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5009128_parts-diskette.html ^[1]

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Parts of a Floppy Disk Drive - How Floppy Disk Drives Work More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by sumit max | permalink
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Parts of a Floppy Disk Drive - Floppy disk drives have been around since the birth of personal computing -- find out how they work!
Tags: floppy disk, diskette, disk drives, read/write heads, tape, FDD, sector, motor, magnetizing, stepper motor, cassette tape, electronics, media, correct track, song, thin, concentric ring, capacity, audio cassette, personal computer, protective window, spinning, wider, writing, hard disk, oxide, iron

For further reading: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive2.htm ^[2]

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What is a 3.5-Inch diskette? More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Marie Magliano | permalink
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Computer dictionary definition for what 3.5-Inch diskette dictionary definition means including related links, information, and terms.

For further reading: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/35inch.htm ^[3]

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1. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5009128_parts-diskette.html

2. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive2.htm

3. http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/35inch.htm