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Office
Tip of the Week
Monday,
January 31, 2000
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Diskette
Buying Guide:
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Diskettes
are the most popular
data storage device.
Diskettes are available
in 3.5", 5.25"
and 8" sizes.
The 3.5" high
density diskette
with 1.44MB formatted
capacity is the
most frequently
used variety.
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A
megabyte (MB) is
the unit of measurement
for storage capacity.
The more MB on a
diskette, the more
information that
can be stored on
that diskette.
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Formatted
diskettes are ready-to-use,
right from the box.
A formatted diskette
cans save you as
much as two minutes
of formatting time
per disk - that's
20 minutes per box!
Factory formatting
also reduces the
chance of interchange
problems that may
occur between individual
drives.
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Unformatted
or "blank"
diskettes must be
formatted before
use. Less
expensive than formatted,
but requires additional
time before disk
use. Diskettes
can be used in either
IBM/DOS or Macintosh
systems.
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High
density diskettes
reliably store large
amounts of data:
3.5" IBM and
Macintosh diskettes
provide 1.44MB usable
storage space, after
formatting (2.0MB
space prior to formatting).
5.25" diskettes
store 1.2MB of data.
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Double
density diskettes
reliably store smaller
amounts of data.
3.5" IBM and
Macintosh diskettes
provide 720K usable
storage space after
formatting (800K
space prior to formatting).
5.25" diskettes
store 360K of data.
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