Removable Media Drive History

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  • 500KB, 8 inch floppy, 2 sided, single density, DS

  • 1.2MB, 8 inch floppy, 2 sided, double density,

  • 360KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector, DD

  • 160KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 1 sided, 8 sector

  • 1.2MB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 15 sector, HD

  • 180KB, 5.25 inch, 1 sided, 9 sector

  • 3.5 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector, DS, DD

  • 3.5 inch floppy, 2 sided, 36 sector, ED

    The 3.5 inch, 2.88MB floppy drive was introduced in 1987 and was one the largest storage capacity for anyy floppy disk.

  • 3.5 inch floppy, 2 sided, 18 sector, HD

    The 2.5 inch 1.4MB floppy disk was the most common type of floppy disk produced.

  • First commercially sold USB flash drive, stored 8MB

  • USB 2.0 introduced, increased bandwidth up to 60MB/s

  • Capacity of flash drives now exceeds 500MB

  • Storage now increased to 1GB even 4GB.

  • USb 3.0 introduced, less power needed, faster data retrieval

  • 360KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector