floppy disk drive

基本解釋

Now all of the BIOS will allow detection of the floppy disk drive in the list of backward-shift, which can reduce the normal start-up time a few seconds.
現(xiàn)在所有的BIOS都允許將軟盤驅動器在檢測列表中向后移，從而可以將正常的啟動時間減少幾秒鐘。
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Most of the computer with BIOS set to check for the presence of an operating system in the floppy disk drive fist (A :), and then testing the main hard drive.
大多數裝有BIOS的電腦先開始檢測軟盤驅動器中是否存在操作系統(tǒng)，然后再檢測主硬盤驅動器。
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When you want the computer to read information from a floppy disk or write information on it, you insert the disk in your floppy disk drive.
當你要計算機讀寫軟盤時，你要把它放入軟盤驅動器（亦稱軟驅）中。

Good question, so what happens when you format a floppy disk or format a hard drive?
好問題，當你格式化一個軟盤,或者硬盤時會發(fā)生什么呢？
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The NAND type could contain more than double the amount of information and be slower if used like a floppy disk or hard drive.
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So obsolete, in fact, that it may quickly join the ranks of such Sony success stories as the hard drive floppy disk and the Betamax video format.
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