Floppy drive

Floppy drives are one of the few devices that have managed to last it out ever since the first computers were created. This is a storage device that became very popular simply because of its large installed base and ease of use. It stores information on disks that can carry 1.44 MB of data and are available in a 3.5-inch form factor. Its predecessors were much larger and could store lesser amounts of data and were therefore discontinued. They work on primarily the same principles as that of a hard disk - though on a much smaller and slower scale.