cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/62743547
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2026
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The disks inside the metal box is the hard drive, 3.5 disks were hard enough but the disks themselves were floppy
Both disks inside are “floppy”. It’s just a magnetic sheet.
“floppy” disks got their name from where they were floppy entirely, in their 8-inch then 5.25-inch form. That was before the hard shell 3.5-inch that you are remembering.
Hard disks absolutely are hard inside, and floppies are floppy (modulo a plastic cover with a metal slide). I think you might be mixed up.
Ha indeed, nope never knew that.
However, 5.25” floppy’s are floppy on the outside. I assume that’s where they got their name.
Hard disk I just assumed we called it opposite of a floppy back in 1986 when I got a 20MB drive for my PC Jr. lol