How Magnets Affect Computer Disks

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How Magnets Affect Computer Disks

How Magnets Affect Computer Disks

BackGround

     One of the most commonly used Computer data storaged mediums is a
Computer Disk or a Floppy. These are used in everyday life, in either our
workplace or at home. These disks have many purposes, such as:

Storing data: Floppies can be used to store software/data for short preiods of
time,

Transferring data: Floppies are used to transfer/copy data from one computer to
another.

Hiding data: Floppies are also sometimes used to hide sensitive or confidential
data,

because of the disk's small size it can be hidden very easily.

Advertising: Because floppies are cheap to buy, they are used to advertise
different types

of software, such as: Software for the internet advertised on America Online
Floppies.

     Floppies are also considered to be very sensitve data storage mediums.
These Disks have numerous advantages and disadvanteges. Even though floppies are
used so commonly they are also not very dependable. They have numerous
conditions under which they should normally be kept. For example: the actuall
magnetic disk inside the hard cover of the disk must NEVER be touched, the
magnetic disk inside, must be protected by the metallic sliding shield, the disk
must always be within the temperature of 50° to 140° Fahrenheit and the disk
must never be bought near a magnet! (3M Diskettes)

     There are many such hazards to computer disks. Problems caused by
magnets are very common. A floppy can be damaged unknowingly if it is kept near
a magnet, that may be in the open or inside any device, such as a speaker phone
in computer speakers or stereo or a telephone. And becuase of the common use of
magnets in everyday life, more and more floppies are damaged everyday.

     Even though protective coverings against magnets and other electrical
hazards, are available for floppies, they are not used very commonly. Therefore,
floppies are not a very safe media for storage, even though they are convienient.

     Some of the most commonly used diskettes are by 3M and Sony and other
such companies. The floppies are sold in boxes with instructions on them to not
to bring floppies near magnets and other instructions of DOs and DONTs. These
instructions must always be followed.

     Floppies have different capacities such as 720 KB (kilobytes) and 1.44
MB (megabytes). Floppies also have different sizes, 3.5" and 5.25". The most
commonly used floppy is usually 3.5". It is not soft and cannot be bent, where
as a 5.2...

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