

Unfortunately, floppy disks tend to be quite unreliable and the drives themselves need maintenance, which can be expensive and replacement parts can be difficult to source. However, there are still individuals that have computers that make use of floppy disks with retro computers being a good example. Floppy disks are low capacity (around 1MB depending on the type of disks and how the data is stored) and can easily be damaged by heat, physical force and magnets.


As of 2020 floppy disks and floppy drives are not something that are commonly seen as we have moved on to far smaller, more reliable and higher capacity types of non-volatile memory, with flash memory leading the way.
