the floppy disk (or a 3 1/2 floppy for today's standard) is a removable magnetic storage medium. floppy disks are used for moving information between computers, laptops or other devices. some early digital cameras, electronic music instruments and older computer game consoles use floppy disks. floppy disks are inserted in to a floppy disk drive or simply floppy drive to allow data to be read or stored.