
132 䡲 Cyber Forensics Field Manual, Second Edition
are familiar with computers more than likely you have come across one or more type of external
storage such as fl oppy disks.
Originally, fl oppy disks were the fi rst form of external storage and were 5¼-inches and literally
fl oppy, as they were made out of fl exible plastic (Figure 4.16). Currently “fl oppy” disks are 3½-
inches and made out of a harder plastic that does not bend (Figure 4.17). However, these disks
have only about 1.44 megabytes of storage, which is not much anymore, and are being quickly
replaced with USB drives. “Floppy” disks are so called because of the fl oppy magnetic medi ...