Who remembers using these?

Question

Who remembers using the thing in the picture above?

If you don't know what it is, be thankful you are young... and ask someone older.

BONUS: Can you tell us why there is a square hole in the lower right corner?

For what it's worth, I remember using these (below) ...

CrazyGirl2 · Accepted Answer

No, I've  never  used floppy disks. although I do know what they are because my dad's a software engineer and he has shit loads of them in his office, like boxes FULL of them piled-up in the closet! He also has  every  hard drive out of every computer and laptop. He's ever owned! He SWEARS that; 1) he is going to conglomerate them onto one data server (at some point), and 2) that "my whole life on these things, I have unfinished projects that could be worth millions if I ever get round to finishing them!" Which of course, he will never do! Also, what  possible  value could a software program that my dad  began  writing in 2005 or 2015 have today? 🙄.  Laura 🤗 🥰

dustybiker2 · Accepted Answer

I still have a stack from one of my first computers, and a mobile unit with USB so I can check the files if I want. lol

MrOracle · Answer

I still have a PC in my garage with 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy drives plus a Zip drive. I have been able to recover data for people that way. But I don't miss those days much.

It would take 4-5 floppy discs to hold a single MP3 song (at 320k bps), and would take forever to load. Meanwhile I have half a terabyte micro SD cards the size of a fingernail that are quite fast. I carry 35,000 songs in my pocket, all with embedded tags and album art.

I never used an IBM "Winchester" 30/30 but I know what they are.

Lliam · Answer

It's a floppy disc for a computer. You inserted the into a slot in the computer.
It served the same purpose as later CDs or thumb drives for uploading, downloading and storing information.

I used them before at my job, but don't remember much else. I have no idea what the little square hole was for.

exitseven · Answer

Itis a 1.4 MB floppy disk. That square hole is a switch that prevents the disk from being over written. What you see below is a disk pack.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I think I did.

But my age makes it hard to remember WHAT I used this for :D

I think I wrote stuff onto that label, and much later peeled off the label and replaced it.

And yes: the function of the square hole is to sometimes make it disappear..

DryGermanGuy · Answer

I even remember the older brother, the 5.25“ floppy disc (which was the last one, after the 8“ actually being floppy) on the Commodore 64. 🥰🤩🥳
The hole was to enable the write protection.

llorando · Answer

Better question is who still remembers using these? Just joking, I remember using 1.44mb floppy disks well into the late 00's. Luckily we have flash drives now so 1.44mb floppy disk are no longer needed for the majority of users. Who remembers using these

bolverk · Answer

Oh yes - a mighty 1.44 Megs of storage!! Today's kids don't know how spoiled they are with the storage options they have or the speed of today's internet!!!

BadApple69 · Answer

You mean people don’t use them anymore? What do people do when they need to move 1.44MB of data?

michael3478 · Answer

Yeah, i miss windows 95 and windows 98 i loved those operating systems.

ArrowheadSW · Answer

Oh yeah I remember using those when computers were very new. Those floppy discs didn't hold much memory compared to today's memory sticks. They held 1.4 MB.

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

I used floppy disk's in primary school and first year of intermediate before USB flash drives became more readily available and the school computers were upgraded

Nikki1989 · Answer

I never used them, but I know what they are, but then again, I am the only person I know that has a collection of 8-tracks. I don't play them, I just like to collect them.

HaleyWalker · Answer

Actually know what that is it's a floppy disk there's some in the computer lab at school we still use old computers that barely run so that way we can't play games instead of work

Purpleronnie · Answer

Ah the good old floppy disk , 💾 and the square is to disable or enable its “write” function Don’t have to be old to know what that is but it certainly helps lol 😝

purplepoppy · Answer

I wonder how much data has been lost after storing on floppy discs because no one has the means to read them anymore

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

For erasing purposes. They were mostly fitted with a tab you could snap off then have to fill over with a bit of sellotape!

docster · Answer

I have an 8 inch floppy at home somewhere. I should bring it to the big box store and try to stick it in the photo printer slot.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Oh look, someone 3D printed the save icon! 😂

SotiCoto · Answer

Floppy Disks, yes, and the little corner thing was for write-protection to stop the contents being overwritten randomly.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I do, but only in skool. By the time i owned my own computer, CDs were the standard.

NamerOfStars · Answer

Everyone's used those; they're "save" icons. ;)

Phoenix98 · Answer

Yup I remember using floppy disks back in the day.

MicroJ · Answer

Yes, the 3.5 floppy disk 💾. I believe Amazon still sells them 🤦

LiamS95 · Answer

Floppy disks were used a lot before cd's and DVD came on the scene and then flash drives took overflow them, now we use a cloud.

Anonymous · Answer

3.5 inch disks (with the r/o tab), I still have but the other thing is rather older, I'm guessing. Winchester?

tryingitagain · Answer

Ohh, I remember having these in those fun translucent colors!

msc545 · Answer

Floppy disk in the upper pic, IBM mainframe disk pack in the lower frame.

Twalli · Answer

I don't remember the part you wrote on, but I do recognize it.

shavedad · Answer

that thing in the picture is a dish drive and the hole in the corner is a lock out

DrPepper12 · Answer

Good old floppy's!! I actually used the ones that WERE floppy!!

NathanDavis · Answer

I still have a couple

BCRanger10 · Answer

I do. I also remember the bigger flat ones.

DishLady · Answer

😂😂😂 Meeeee. My goodness.

sheikalana · Answer

OMG I remember those very well.

Clyde_123 · Answer

I only use it to play games on digital DVD.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Shit I remeber using thier 5 1/4 predecessor

MatureMan40 · Answer

I remember and used so much :)

sallyjoeseph · Answer

The second pic looks like a robot vacuum.

Bestdia · Answer

I liked them

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