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Floppy Disk Drive
Chapter 5
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Objectives
Explain floppy disk Explain 3.5” and USB floppy disk drives Install the floppy disk drive Configure the floppy disk drive Format a floppy disk Create a bootable floppy disk Troubleshoot the floppy disk drive
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Floppy Disk
Alan Shugart created floppy disk drive
External storage device
Stores data on magnetic surface
Used for transferring data from one computer to another
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3.5 inch Floppy Disk
3.5 inch had a high density and could hold 720 KB of data and then density increased to hold 1.44 MB of data.
Has two holes at the bottom of the disk. One enables to identify if floppy disk has a low density or high density and other is a write protect tab
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Write Protect Tab Protects data from being accidentally modified or erased Sliding the switch down makes the floppy disk read only Sliding the switch up enables data to be read and written
to the floppy disk
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Types of FDD
3.5 Inch FDD - Floppy drive spins the floppy disk at a speed of 300 rotations per minute
USB FDD - The USB FDD is a slim type floppy disk drive (FDD) with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface
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Calculation of 1.44 MB
The total unformatted size of the floppy disk can be calculated as:
= 2 (number of tracks * number of sectors * size of each sector in a track)
= 2 (80 * 18 * 512)= 1,474,560 bytes i.e. 1.44 MB
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Practical
Perform the activity mentioned in Lab no. 1 in the text book:
• To install a floppy disk drive.
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Configuring the Floppy Disk Drive
Assign a drive letter A: and B: to the floppy disk drive using the data cable
Configure system BIOS to detect the installed floppy disk drive
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Practical Activity
Ask the students to perform the steps to configure the floppy disk drive.
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
You must format a floppy before using it.Formatting a floppy creates tracks and
sectors on the floppy disk.Formatting wipes out all the data stored on
it so copy the data to a different location before formatting.
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Practical
Perform the activity mentioned in Lab no. 2 in the text book:
• To format a floppy disk through the command prompt and using windows explorer.
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Creating a Bootable Floppy
Contains system files for starting the system
System files • ntldr• ntdetect.com • boot.ini
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Practical
Perform the activity mentioned in Lab no. 3 in the text book:
• To create a bootable floppy disk for Windows Vista.
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Troubleshooting the Floppy Disk Drive
Floppy disk drive may have some problems which can corrupt the floppy disk
Problems that may occur if the floppy disk drive is damaged are:
• Can not detect the Floppy Disk Drive
• Unable to read and write data to the Floppy Disk
• Cleaning floppy drive using FDD cleaning kit
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Summary - I Floppy Disk is an external magnetic storage device Write protecting the floppy disk protects the data
from accidental erasure Different types of floppy disk drives are
• USB• 3.5 inch
The floppy disk is inserted in the floppy disk drive through the front plastic window called the faceplate
The floppy disk drive must be installed for the system to access it
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Summary - III
Configuring the floppy disk drive assigns it the required drive letter
Formatting a floppy disk creates sectors and tracks on the floppy disk
The system requires important system file to start the system
The bootable floppy disk enables to boot a system when the system files on the hard disk cannot be accessed
Troubleshooting a floppy disk drive fixes the drive
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Explorative Work
Refer to Internet, reference books or magazine to get the information.
Do not copy the information provided in this text book. Consult your faculty for further guidance.
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FDD
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Mind Map
Draw a mind map to summarize this chapter
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