Storage space floppy disk - this is how much memory the medium offers you

Since the first computers existed, there have also been storage media. These have evolved over time just like PCs and nowadays hold more storage space than ever. Even with the help of a floppy disk, some data could be stored externally and retrieved again and again.

So much storage space offers you a floppy disk

Compared to today's storage media, the floppy disk does not hold too much storage capacity. Nevertheless, it comes up with a long life span and can, as far as a corresponding adapter is available, also be read on modern PCs. The floppy disk, also known as "floppy disk", was mainly used in the 80's and 90's and is characterized by a magnetic mode of operation. The floppy disk there are and were thereby in different formats.

• 8'' floppy disks have a storage space of 180 KB, later 1MB.
• 5.25" floppy disks hold a storage capacity of 80 KB to 1,200 KB ready.
• 3.5" floppy disks have a memory of 80 KB to 1200 KB, although rarely up to 3.4 MB were possible.
• 3" floppy disks could be written on each side with about 180 KB.

Comparing this with today's storage capacity, which USB sticks and external hard drives hold ready, so you would need several thousand floppy disks just for the storage space of 1 GB. Accordingly, floppy disks have now become obsolete and have been replaced by more powerful storage media, which at the same time often also come up with a smaller size.