2006-09-13 08:22:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Can I modify the files like in floppy drive ??
2006-09-13 08:29:08 · update #1
Zip drive click of death ????
2006-09-13 08:38:16 · update #2
zip, more; floppy, less.
yes, you can
2006-09-20 18:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by noble serf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "1.44 MB" & 3½-inch HD floppy holding capacity 1440 Kilobytes were introduced 1987. :
The 1.44-megabyte floppy disk drives that use 3.5-inch diskettes have been around for about 15 years. At the time of their introduction, they seemed like a miracle -- they were smaller than the standard 5.25-inch disks, but they held more data!
Sony introduced their own small-format 90.0 × 94.0 mm disk, similar to the others but somewhat simpler in construction than the AmDisk. The first computer to use this format was the HP-150 of 1983
ZIP DRIVE :
They can hold 100 or 250 MB of data. Because they're relatively inexpensive and durable, they have become a popular media for backing up hard disks and for transporting large files.
The main thing that separates a Zip disk from a floppy disk is the magnetic coating used on the disk. On a Zip disk, the coating is much higher quality The higher quality coating means that a Zip disk read/write head can be significantly smaller than a floppy disk's (by a factor of 10 or so). The smaller head, combined with a head positioning mechanism similar to that used in a hard disk, means that a Zip drive can pack thousands of tracks per inch on the track surface. Zip drives also use a variable number of sectors per track to make the best use of disk space. All of these things combine to create a floppy disk that holds a huge amount of data!
2006-09-20 04:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by zangwing69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also, a Zip drive is only made by Iomega Corp. At the time of introduction is was a good form of portable storage in a small space, because the cartridges were not much bigger than a floppy.
But the cartridges were rather costly, the drives limited to only those particular kinds of cartridges.
The introduction of low cost cd burners tolled a death knell for zip drives. The hand, advantage of a zip drive is that the user is able lto save to the Zip drive as one would to a floppy or the hard drive, from directly in the application. With CDs, one has to set up a burning session, and have all files ready, etc.
So, yes to the last part of your question.
So, Zip drives and external storage devices are not quite yet dead.
2006-09-13 08:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you can modify the zip drive files like you did with a floppy. Just beware the zip drive click of death.
2006-09-13 08:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by sierrapappabravo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zip Drive Click Of Death
2016-12-08 20:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zip disks are an old technology that allowed you to store data on a disk about the size of a micro-diskette. You need the drive, the disks and the necessary drivers to use this. It's an obsolete technology and you'll probably have a difficult time finding the disks for these drives.
2016-03-26 23:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zip - 100 MB or 250 MB but expensive
Floppy - 1.44 MB Cheap
But both are not reliable due to variable reasons. I recommend a CD burner / DVD burner with ReWritable media. Or in case a USB Flash drive
2006-09-20 17:04:22 · answer #7 · answered by Thilina Guluwita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a zip drive holds more memory and is bigger than the floppy drive
2006-09-13 08:30:16 · answer #8 · answered by john s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a floppy can hold 1.44mb of stuff and a zip drive can hold 100mb or more depending on the size of the disk
2006-09-13 08:25:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zip hold more info than floppy! Zip 100MB floppy 1.4MB
2006-09-13 08:25:55 · answer #10 · answered by iamrlk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋