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"Floppy" refers to the media, not the packaging; some (3.5") had harder plastic shells, but inside was the same floppy plastic material. Hard disk platters were
by lonelygirl15a 5y ago
"Floppy" refers to the media, not the packaging; some (3.5") had harder plastic shells, but inside was the same floppy plastic material.
Hard disk platters were/are rigid (metal or glass).
- dahart 5y agoYes that became true after 3.5 inch disks with hard shells came out and were called "floppy", but before that all the floppy disks had soft outer shells, and I believe disks were named floppy for exactly that reason, not because the inner media was floppy.