Floppy DisksWith a floppy disk drive you can format and use double-sided (orsingle-sided) double-density (or high-density) floppy disks.One double-sided double-density 5.25” floppy disk can store up to360KB of data. One double-sided high-density 5.25” floppy disk canstore up to 1.2MB of data, One standard 3.5” floppy disk can store upto 720KB of data, One high-density 3.5” floppy disk can store up to1.44MB of data.Table 1-2: Floppy Disk SpecificationsNote:• Only high-density floppy disks can be formatted to highcapacities of either 1.2M for 5.25” or 1.44M for 3.5” floppydisks. You may lose data if you use a low-density floppydisk formatted for high density.• You can’t use a high-density disk in a low-density disk drive.18 Chapter 1: System Overview
