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Swapping floppy disks in a computer
Disk swapping refers to the practice of inserting and removing, or swapping, floppy disks in a floppy disk drive-based computer system. In the early days
Disk_swapping
Computer memory management scheme
partition of a hard disk to swapping. These partitions are called swap partitions. Many systems have an entire hard drive dedicated to swapping, separate from
Memory_paging
Concept in computing
connections associated with hot-swapping must be designed so that neither the equipment nor the user can be harmed while hot-swapping. Other components in the
Hot_swapping
Video game console peripheral
technical measures in the way data was stored on the disk to prevent users from physically swapping copied disk media into an official shell. However, both of
Famicom_Disk_System
State of computer where no additional memory can be allocated
correctly. This usually occurs because all available memory, including disk swap space, has been allocated. Historically, the out-of-memory condition was
Out_of_memory
Creation of accessible areas on secondary storage device
Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately. These regions
Disk_partitioning
Algorithm that arranges lists in order
accomplishes this by initially swapping elements that are a certain distance from one another in the array, rather than only swapping elements if they are adjacent
Sorting_algorithm
1994 video game
gameplay, but was criticized for the constant disk swapping if players did not have more than one disk drive to be used when playing the game and sold
Zero-5
Electro-mechanical data storage device
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical computer data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data
Hard_disk_drive
Data security technology
people or processes. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software or hardware to encrypt every bit of data that goes on a disk or disk volume. It is used
Disk_encryption
Computer storage device with no moving parts
or solid-state disk. Etymologically, "solid-state drive" partly refers to existing data storage devices like tape drives and hard disk drives, which all
Solid-state_drive
1989 video game
for the graphics and audio, but criticized for long loading times, disk swapping, and the final level. Ghostbusters II follows the plot of the film,
Ghostbusters II (computer video game)
Ghostbusters_II_(computer_video_game)
1991 turn-based strategy video game
disk drives instead of one, as constant disk swapping was required in the game. Ricketts similarly found the swapping of "half a dozen" floppy disks a
Champion_of_the_Raj
Type of digital rights management
performing a disk-swap when the console starts. In the case of the PlayStation 2, disk-swapping is achieved by using a special disc known as the Swap Magic,
Region_lock
1983 video game
linear and disliked having to swap between three disks. He wrote: If the narrowness of the game and the disk-swapping problem were the only negative
The_Dark_Crystal_(video_game)
Disk storage system
A disk array is a disk storage system which contains multiple disk drives. It is differentiated from a disk enclosure, in that an array has cache memory
Disk_array
magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. Both the hard disk drive (HDD) and floppy disk drive
History of IBM magnetic disk drives
History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives
Shell command for copying and converting file data
byte order swapping and converting between ASCII and EBCDIC text encodings. dd is sometimes humorously called "Disk Destroyer", due to its disk-erasing capabilities
Dd_(Unix)
1990 video game
version of Ultima VI an overall score of 91%, criticising the amount of disk swapping throughout the game, and that to begin the game "you have to decompact
Ultima_VI:_The_False_Prophet
Family of personal computers made by Apple
the machine's low performance, its single floppy disk drive, which required frequent disk swapping, and its initial lack of applications. Author Douglas
Mac_(computer)
1988 video game
the predetermined responses in conversation, and the excessive use of disk swapping. Computer Gaming World awarded it a title of "Adventure Game of the
Neuromancer_(video_game)
Linux module for compressed RAM
e. a RAM disk with on-the-fly disk compression. The block device created with zram can then be used for swap or as a general-purpose RAM disk. The two
Zram
1992 video game
Amiga floppy disk version has less detailed graphics and requires frequent disk swapping. Save games are stored on a specially formatted disk. Two years
Dune_II
software allows part of a computer's RAM (memory) to be seen as if it were a disk drive, with volume name and, if supported by the operating system, drive
List_of_RAM_drive_software
1993 video game
between pages is necessary." The One also criticized the amount of disk swapping needed to play the game, frustrated that common actions such as examining
BloodNet
Computer data storage partitioning standard
of partition tables of a physical computer storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive. It is part of the Unified Extensible Firmware
GUID_Partition_Table
Computer programmer
transfer of the game to a hard disk drive for quicker loading times and eliminating the need for floppy disk swapping. During his tenure at Bethesda Softworks
Randy_Linden
Computer programming language
include overlay sections themselves, but unless a RAM disk was used, the resulting disk swapping could be slow. 2.0 also added the Dispose procedure to
Turbo_Pascal
Amount of memory needed to compute the answer to a problem
memory hierarchy (usually hard disk) to perform a swap operation swapping some memory contents from RAM to hard disk to enable the program to continue
Working_set_size
Scratch space is space on the hard disk drive that is dedicated for storage of temporary user data, by analogy of "scratch paper." It is unreliable by
Scratch_space
First sector of partitioned PC computer disk
the first block of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and
Master_boot_record
Programming system for Apple II and III
floppy disk. This meant that on a system with only one floppy disk drive, frequent disk swapping was needed. A system needed at least two disk drives
Apple_Pascal
Constant exchange between memory and storage
are overcommitted, leading to a constant state of paging (swapping, i.e. moving a page to disk) and page faults, slowing most application-level processing
Thrashing_(computer_science)
Class of microcomputers
cartridge did exist, which loaded instantly and eliminated the need for disk swapping on single-drive setups, but the vast majority of cartridges were games
Home_computer
Type of computer server system
the pirated software they released, and BBSes – alongside mail-based disk swapping – served as a principal channel through which this material, and later
Bulletin_board_system
Eighth major release of the classic Mac OS (1997)
holdover from the days when the OS was distributed on multiple floppy disks, disk swapping promoting a natural segmentation model. The Mac OS 8.5 installer
Mac_OS_8
1993 video game
Power, CU Amiga and The One magazines all highlighted the amount of disk swapping required to play the game as a drawback. Reaction to the changes in
FIFA_International_Soccer
Data recovery utility
TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. TestDisk can collect
TestDisk
Specialized casing
Preventing the heat from a disk drive from increasing the heat inside an operating computer case. Simple and cheap approach to hot swapping. Recovering the data
Disk_enclosure
1998 video game
interactivity received plaudits, although Rausch found fault with its disk swapping and some of its voice acting. Conversely, Scorpia of Computer Gaming
The_Space_Bar
Early personal computer manufacturer
Eagle double-sided 784 kB floppy disks to hold it all, and required constant disk swapping on an Eagle without a hard disk. Constant protests, questions
Eagle_Computer
Video game franchise
engineering work was conducted for the PlayStation version to allow for a disk swap after launching the base game. A segment from issue 64 of GamesMaster
Tomb_Raider
Process of salvaging inaccessible data from corrupted or damaged secondary storage
most often salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), USB flash drives, magnetic tapes
Data_recovery
1992 video game
disks and amount of disk swapping, noting that Elvira II spans seven disks, and calls it "a decent RPG, marred by excessive disk loading and swapping
Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus
Elvira_II:_The_Jaws_of_Cerberus
Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage medium is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk). This article presents
Disk_encryption_theory
Varying methods used to calculate pi
mathematical software. They typically implement checkpointing and efficient disk swapping to facilitate extremely long-running and memory-expensive computations
Approximations_of_pi
Computer bus interface for storage devices
not target hot swapping, but in practice, most RAID implementations support hot swapping of hard disks. Electronics portal FATA (hard disk drive) libATA
SATA
Storage of digital data readable by computers
memory close to the CPU and storage further away. In modern computers, hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs) are usually used as storage. A
Computer_data_storage
Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows
(c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), as opposed to being installed within its own partition. This file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk. Wubi also creates a swap file
Wubi_(software)
1990 video game
"unspectacular" at times, but otherwise 'okay'. The One criticized the frequent disk swapping required, and further called Total Recall 'unoriginal', expressing that
Total_Recall_(video_game)
1997 video game
Gavin Rummery described it as a "continuation" of Tomb Raider II. A disk swapping feature was in development for the PlayStation version of Tomb Raider
Tomb_Raider_II
Automatic, disk-wide data compression
Disk compression increases the amount of information that can be stored on a disk by automatically compressing and decompressing data as it is written
Disk_compression
Utility in Mac OS
replaced by DiskImageMounter for mounting the images and Disk Utility for creating them. "Disk Copy 4.2" (DC42) is the common name used to refer to disk images
Disk_Copy
1987 studio album by Yes
custom-built Oberheim DPX-1 rack unit integrated with a hard disk system to minimise disk-swapping during performances. While recording in London the group
Big_Generator
Action in computer graphic user interfaces
Congress. pp. 475–480. Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. "Disk Swapper's Elbow". folklore.org. "The Grand Unified Model (2): The Finder". folklore
Drag_and_drop
Technology for maintenance of file systems
relevant to file systems on electromechanical disk drives (hard disk drives, floppy disk drives and optical disk media). The movement of the hard drive's read/write
Defragmentation
Video game peripheral
to expand the capabilities of the Nintendo 64 with rewritable magnetic disks and online connectivity. Announced in 1995 before the Nintendo 64's 1996
64DD
Operating system
November 17. On April 20, 2002, Kalogirou added memory management with disk swapping capability, followed nine days later by ELKS release 0.1.0, considered
Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset
Embeddable_Linux_Kernel_Subset
1990 video game
an unnecessarily long-winded control system and too much loading and disk-swapping". ACE compared the controls to Ubisoft's Zombi. The game was said to
BSS_Jane_Seymour
Open source distributed database management system
with indexes on disk (assuming that the disk tier is enabled), while the virtual memory uses the disk when it runs out of RAM, for swapping purposes only
Apache_Ignite
1998 real-time strategy and city-building video game
without having to return to the main menu, the necessity for "quirky" disk swapping, the limited control of combat units, poor AI, and the inability to
The_Settlers_III
Mathematical puzzle game
another stack or on an empty rod. No disk may be placed on top of a disk that is smaller than it. With three disks, the puzzle can be solved in seven moves
Tower_of_Hanoi
Commodore 64 software
that can copy unprotected disks at even higher speeds. Only 35 seconds are required with two drives, or two minutes plus swapping time with one drive. For
Fast_Hack'em
This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software. Hidden containers: Whether hidden containers (an encrypted container (A)
Comparison of disk encryption software
Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software
Computer filing system
hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), magnetic tapes and optical discs. A portion of the computer main memory can be set up as a RAM disk that
File_system
Disc-shaped analog sound storage medium
"Disk" setting, the other one instead has an additional setting to combine subsonic with MPX filtering. In this model, High-Com II encoded vinyl disks
Phonograph_record
Optical analog video disc format
longer than what could be stored on two sides of a single disc, manually swapping to a second disc was required at some point during the film (one exception
LaserDisc
Fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory
main memory and an auxiliary store, such as a hard disk drive, is referred to as paging or swapping. Computer memory is divided into pages so that information
Page_(computer_memory)
Higher performance in hard disk drives comes from devices which have better performance characteristics. These performance characteristics can be grouped
Hard disk drive performance characteristics
Hard_disk_drive_performance_characteristics
1990 video game
average graphics, grating music, slowness and for the large amount of disk swapping needed while playing. In 1991, Dragon gave the game 5 out of 5 stars
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Quest_for_Glory_II:_Trial_by_Fire
mainline kernel. uswsusp userspace software for suspending to ram and/or disk "Swap suspend — The Linux Kernel documentation". www.kernel.org. Retrieved 2025-03-09
Swsusp
1988 video game
cases, speeding up play considerably". He also noted that the incessant disk swapping slowed the game considerably. He concluded by giving both the game and
TV_Sports:_Football
EDIT (MS-DOS) (64~300 KB) EDIT (DR-DOS) 2 GB, for as long as there is disk swap space for two temporary files Nano ? ? ? ? NEdit ? Notepad memory ? Notepad++
Comparison_of_text_editors
1994 video game
suitable sound effects, and control system, but faulted the constant disk swapping, jerky scrolling, little detailed graphics, and poor sprite animations
Pinkie_(video_game)
American internet portal
marketing campaign by CMO Jan Brandt to distribute as many free trial AOL trial disks as possible through nonconventional distribution partners. At one point
AOL
1987 video game
Sylvester noted that the graphics-intensive program required a "a lot of disk swapping", and that load times were slow. He criticized the program for forcing
Accolade's_Comics
1993 video game
Autumn 1993) cannot be installed on a hard drive; Amiga users have to swap floppy disks at several points of the game while playing it. In Japan, the game
Space_Hulk_(1993_video_game)
Electrical connector used for SCSI
layers will need hot-swap support to enable hard drive hot-swapping to be carried out without shutting down the system. Serial SCSI disk drives use smaller
SCSI_connector
spare disk is a disk or group of disks used to automatically or manually, depending upon the hot spare policy, replace a failing or failed disk in a RAID
Hot_spare
Device that manages disk drives
A disk array controller is a device that manages the physical disk drives and presents them to the computer as logical units. It often implements hardware
Disk_array_controller
1988 educational video game
Broderbund should provide a 3+1⁄2-inch option for the Apple II to reduce disk swapping, particularly with the 3.5 drive becoming far more commonplace with
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where_in_Europe_Is_Carmen_Sandiego?
Temporary file system on Unix-like systems
also uses the page cache, but, unlike ramfs, it supports swapping out less-used pages to swap space, as well as filesystem size and inode limits to prevent
Tmpfs
states can be initiated by Host (HIPM), Device (DIPM) or both. If SATA hot swapping is enabled, this state is unavailable. Device Sleep with a maximum return
Aggressive Link Power Management
Aggressive_Link_Power_Management
MS-DOS program that allows users to revive floppy disks with defective first tracks by swapping it with another track under the hood. With DOS, the
Track0
Replication of data onto multiple hard disks
In data storage, disk mirroring is the replication of logical disk volumes onto separate physical hard disks in real time to ensure continuous availability
Disk_mirroring
1999 graphic adventure video game
Adventure, who followed Silvester in criticizing The Crystal Key's disk swapping. Danielson also concurred with Peterson on the game's limited sound
The_Crystal_Key
Electromechanical malfunctioning
A hard disk drive failure occurs when a hard disk drive malfunctions and the stored information cannot be accessed with a properly configured computer
Hard_disk_drive_failure
Discontinued family of computer operating systems
CP/M is a disk operating system and its purpose is to organize files on a magnetic storage medium, and to load and run programs stored on a disk. Initially
CP/M
Data copying software
designed to copy data from a floppy disk one bit at a time. It functions at a very low level directly interacting with the disk drive hardware to override a
Bit_nibbler
1983 video game
mechanics. On the Atari, having only one disk drive resulted in numerous disk swaps. The game came on four disks and included in the US$89.95 cost was two
Universe_(1983_video_game)
Disk encryption software
The Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth in 2004 and originally intended for Linux. LUKS implements
Linux_Unified_Key_Setup
Disklabel for BSD operating systems
data storage device such as a hard disk that contains information about the location of the partitions on the disk. Disklabels were introduced in the
BSD_disklabel
1989 video game
"Infocom's most poorly produced game ever", criticizing the high number of disk swaps (sometimes to print a single sentence or to redraw the automap) and the
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
Arthur:_The_Quest_for_Excalibur
Family of operating systems for IBM PC compatibles
DOS (/dɒs/, /dɔːs/) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. It primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version
DOS
Software package for Amiga computers
(short for Workbench hard disk load) is a software package for the Amiga platform to make installation of software to a hard disk easier, for such things
WHDLoad
DEC high performance interface
disk drive for high performance swapping. The last Massbus disk drive was the DEC designed RM80 as DEC shifted to internal development of large disks
Massbus
Method of virtual memory management
the process are swapped from secondary storage to main memory. Contrast this to pure swapping, where all memory for a process is swapped from secondary
Demand_paging
Distinctly-addressable storage unit
media or physical drives. A smaller storage such as a memory card or floppy disk might have only one partition or no partition at all (no partition table)
Volume_(computing)
Partition editor
libparted and udisks2 treat disks differently GParted and gnome-disks showing disk a GParted and gnome-disks showing disk b GParted uses libparted to
GParted
One-inch hard disk format by IBM and Hitachi
The Microdrive was a miniature, one-inch hard disk drive released in 1998 by IBM. The idea was originally created in 1992 by Timothy J. Riley and Thomas
Microdrive
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