Zip Disk

The Zip drive is similar to a floppy drive but can store 100 MB of data, at least 70 times more than a floppy. Some zip disks store as much as 250 MB.

The Zip disk is slightly thicker than a floppy disk and needs a separate drive. Zip disks are particularly useful for backing up important data or for moving data easily from one computer to another. Data is compressed, thereby reducing the size of files that are too large to fit onto a floppy disk.

Advantage:

Stores more than a floppy disk

Portable

Disadvantage

More expensive than floppies

Drives to read the disks are not that common

Zip disks are not commonly used now as a method of storing data.

This is a magnetic storage device