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What is the memory capacity of a floppy disk?

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1. Depends on whether it is a DD (double density) or an HD (high density) floppy. DD 3½″ floppies have the unformatted (nominal) capacity of 1.0 MB. HD 3½″ floppies have the unformatted (nominal) capacity of 2.0 MB. It is assumed they are doubl... read more

The maximum storage capacity of a floppy disk is around 1.44 megabytes, the first 8-inch floppy disk had a storage capacity of about 80 kilobytes. By 1986, IBM introduced the 3-1/2 inch floppy disk with 1.44 megabytes of storage space. read more

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