Data Storage Device - Floppy Disk (The Easy Way)

by unknown04guy

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Intro: Data Storage Device - Floppy Disk (The Easy Way)

Need a place to store your tiny pieces of information, like passwords, PINs, etc.? A floppy disk may be the perfect place for it!

STEP 1: Materials Needed

You'll need: a floppy disk, a small piece of paper, a scissor, and a pen.

STEP 2: Cut Out a Piece of Paper, and Record Data.

Cut out a piece of paper slightly shorter than the length of the the plastic or metal clip on the top of the floppy disk. Make it about 1/4 the width of the disk.

STEP 3: Slide Over Clip and Place Paper Inside.

Hold the plastic or metal "clip" of your floppy and slide it over, and you should see some sort of tape. Slide your piece of paper into where the tape is, and release the clip. Your data is now secure.

27 Comments

Gasbagmike 16 years ago

YEA YOU CAN JUST MEMORIZE IT...if you open and close the floppy, t can get damaged

Blubber300 13 years ago

Who cares if it gets damaged!? The biggest one of these I've seen is 1.44 MB, so this is probably the most useful thing you can do with it, unless you want to carry a bunch of scripts around with you.

ninepound 17 years ago

I'm just waiting for someone to say
Wait... but how does it get back onto the computer? Do I have to put it in my CD drive?

I'd never thought of literally putting data IN the floppy disk. Genius.

Calltaker 17 years ago

LOL... I was thinking along very similar lines, thinking that you would put a text file on the floppy or something. Considering how little the floppy disk is actually used any more, this is a great way to use those floppies laying around. ~C

ThinkBeforeYouSpeak 16 years ago

my school said i cant use flash drives and only fkoppys and i said my computer doesnt have a floppy drive and they didnt believe me

Derin 15 years ago

i would sell you mine,but i need it for the sata driver

matzo333 13 years ago

Staples sells 10-, 25-, 40-, 50- and 100-packs! i'm probably the only reason my local Staples still carries them though.

Derin 15 years ago

i didnt get it,please,can you explain it better?

Derin 15 years ago

oh ok

after buying a copy of vista you can use your old sata driver disk

hondagofast 16 years ago

The floppy is soon to be a museum piece. Too bad, they installed windows 95 on my first computer...

hondagofast 15 years ago

I didn't have the luxury of a CD-ROM on my old Pony... 66MHz Pentium X-Treme FTW

ThinkBeforeYouSpeak 15 years ago

wow, 66mhz?!? mine was 166mhz! i was livin in the fast lane! lol

binnie 17 years ago

Wait... but how does it get back onto the computer? Do I have to put it in my CD drive? happy??? lol someone had to say it! thought i should

Morriscow 14 years ago

 open it up and put the paper inside: then spin the disk

danimal1234 15 years ago

Don't forget - make sure it's write protected!

alexsolex 17 years ago

what about using the compass tip to scratch your password directly on the floppy film ? I tried a few minutes ago and it works good :) You can scratch your password or whatever on the film and then watch the film through a light to read what you just scratched ! You can write many things around the film, just turn it around to change the place. Of course you have to slide the clip to scratch the film
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