Floppy Drives and USB

By ablaisdell

  • IBM introduced the first Floppy Disk

    8-inch: IBM 23FD (read-only) Capacity: 79.75 kB

  • 250K 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density

  • 500K 8-inch, 2-sided, single-density

  • 8-inch DSDDIBM 53FD / Shugart 850

    Capacity: 1.2MB
    Double sided Single density

  • 5 1⁄4-inch DD

    Capacity: 360kB
    Double sided
    9-sectors
    Single Density

  • 160K 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 8-sector

  • 5 1⁄4-inch QD

    Capacity: 720 kB
    Double sided
    9-sectors
    Quad Density

  • 5 1⁄4-inch HD

    Capacity: 1.2MB
    Double sided
    15-sectors
    High Density

  • 180K 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector

  • 3 1⁄2-inch ED

    Capacity: 2.88MB
    Double sided
    36-sectors
    Extended Density

  • 3 1⁄2-inch HD

    Capacity: 1.44MB
    Double sided
    18-sectors
    High Densitry

  • First Flash Drive

    Trek Technology and IBM sold the first USB flash drive.
    Capacity: 8MB

  • Storage increase for USB Flash Drives

    Went from 8MG to 500MB

  • Storage grows

    Storage goes from 1GB, 2GB, and now up to 4GB!!

  • Continues to grow

    USB flash dirves continue to grow, now up to 32GB

  • Lragest of 2011!

    The worlds largest flash drive was released with a capacity of 256GB!! That is like a hard drive in your pocket!

  • Current Date

    As of June 2013, 1TB (1,000GB's) is released onto the USB world!