Types of Magnetic Disks
  • Floppy or Hard
  • Advantages of Hard Disks
    • They can be larger since made of metal or glass (rigid).
    • They have a higher density since more precisely controlled.
    • They have a higher data rate because they can spin faster and are denser.
    • They can have multiple platters, each having two recording surfaces.
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