Removable Media Drive History By popdawg77 Jan 1, 1976 500KB, 8 inch floppy, 2 sided, single density, DS Jan 1, 1977 1.2MB, 8 inch floppy, 2 sided, double density, Jan 1, 1978 360KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector, DD Jan 1, 1981 160KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 1 sided, 8 sector Jan 1, 1982 1.2MB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 15 sector, HD Jan 1, 1983 180KB, 5.25 inch, 1 sided, 9 sector Jan 1, 1984 3.5 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector, DS, DD Jan 1, 1987 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. Jan 1, 1987 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. Jan 1, 2000 First commercially sold USB flash drive, stored 8MB Jan 1, 2001 USB 2.0 introduced, increased bandwidth up to 60MB/s Jan 1, 2003 Capacity of flash drives now exceeds 500MB Jan 1, 2005 Storage now increased to 1GB even 4GB. Jan 1, 2008 USb 3.0 introduced, less power needed, faster data retrieval Jan 1, 2013 360KB, 5.25 inch floppy, 2 sided, 9 sector