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A floppy disk is a plastic disk enclosed in a protective case. Historically, floppy disks have been used for storing data and for creating system start-up disks. Like hard disks, floppy disks store data magnetically and are subject to the same risk of corruption and erasure. Floppy disks have been mostly replaced by optical and solid state storage options.
