Data storage mechanisms have come a long way since IBM proudly introduced the first "memory disk" in 1971. By the end of the '70s, a number of manufacturers were churning out 5.25-in. floppy disks ...

GPT is replacing MBR simply because it has fewer limitations. For example, the maximum partition size of an MBR disk that's ...

Another great flash-memory option is a tiny USB flash disk which is about the size and weight of a plastic cigarette lighter and has basic password protect security.

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.

Back in the early years of the personal computer, “FloppyData” may not have been recognizable by itself. But looking back on ...

Reader Kristie wrote in with this puzzler: “I just found a shoebox full of 3.5-inch disks. I think they were from my old digital camera, but I have no way of finding out because I no longer have ...

Check out this combo gadget which combines a 7 in 1 memory card reader and a floppy disk drive. Now, I don't know if any of you still use a floppy drive; ...

Ahh, floppy disks. Few things carry nostalgia quite like a floppy — either 3 1⁄2 or 5 1⁄4, depending on which generation of hacker you happen to be. (And yes, we hear you grey-beards, 8-inch … ...

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk. Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as ...

The name seems tailor-made for a Seinfeld bit: “What is the deal with floppy disks? They’re not floppy, and they’re not disks!” Certainly the 3.5-inch colorful plastic squares that today ...

While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstra… ...