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Floppy Disks With a floppy disk drive you can format and use double-sided (or single-sided) double-density (or high-density) floppy disks. One double-sided double-density 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 1.44MB of data. Capacity Quality Tracks Per Inch 5.25" 3.5" Double Density (DD, DS, RH) 48 TPI 360 KB 720 KB High Density (DH) 96 TPI 1.2 MB 1.44 MB Table 1-2: Floppy Disk Specifications Note: • Only high-density 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 high-density disk in a low-density disk drive. 18 Chapter 1: System Overview

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Floppy
Disks
With
a
floppy
disk
drive
you
can
format
and
use
double-sided
(or
single-sided)
double-density
(or
high-density)
floppy
disks.
One
double-sided
double-density
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
1.44MB
of
data.
Quality
Capacity
Tracks
Per
Inch
5.25"
3.5"
Double
Density
(DD, DS,
RH)
High
Density
(DH)
48 TPI
360
KB
720
KB
96
TPI
1.2
MB
1.44
MB
Table
1-2:
Floppy
Disk
Specifications
Note:
•
Only
high-density
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
high-density
disk
in
a
low-density
disk
drive.
18
Chapter
1:
System
Overview