The 5¼-inch floppy disk: 160 quilobytes (KB) - 1.2 megabytes (MB)

The 5¼-inch floppy disk: 160 quilobytes (KB) - 1.2 megabytes (MB)

5.25-inch floppy disks had an initial storage capacity of about 160 kilobytes (KB), which was considered a large amount of data at the time. Later, with the development of technology, it was possible to increase the storage capacity to 1.2 megabytes (MB).