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Floppy Disk Drives
With a floppy disk drive you can format and use single-sided (or
double-sided), doubledensity (or highdensity) floppy disks.
One double-sided 5.25” floppy disk can store up to 360KB of
data.
One double-sided high density 5.25” floppy disk can store up to 1.2MB
of data. One standard 3.5” floppy disk can store up to 720KB of data.
One high density 3.5” floppy disk can store up to 144MB of data.
Capacity
Quality
Tracks Per Inch
5 . 5
3 . 5
Double Density
(DD, DS, RH)
48 TPI
360 KB 720 KB
High Density
(DH)
96 TPI
1.2 MB 1.44 MB
Figure 1-14: Floppy Disk Specifications
Note:
• Only highdensity floppy disks can be formatted to high
capacities of either 1.2M for 5.25” or 1.44M for 3.5” floppy
disks. You may lose data if you use a low-density floppy disk
formatted for high density.
• You can’t use a highdensity disk in a low-density disk drive.
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Chapter 7: System Overview
Summary of Contents for Apex 386/40
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Page 36: ...Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System ...
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