Differentiate between Floppy Disk and Hard Disk

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Differentiate between Floppy Disk and Hard Disk
	Floppy Disk	Hard Disk
1.	A floppy disk is a circular piece of mylar or other plastic like material coated with iron oxide.	The hard disk is a stack of few thin metal plates, usually coated, usually coated on both side with magnetized material.
2.	Data is recorded in the form of magnetic dots on spots on tracks.	Data is stored as magnetic spots on tracks that concentric circles on the surface of disks.
3.	The flexible disk is housed in a plastic jacket.	The flexible disks is housed in a metal jacket.
4.	The flexible disk is housed in a plastic jacket.	Hard disk are often called a fixed disk.
5.	Floppy disk holds less data that is 1.1.4 MB.	Hard disks holds more data that is several GBs.