If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many ...

My family just bought a new HP computer (a1440n). I've been tasked with the job of re-installing Windows XP and stuff to ensure that everything is peachy. The problem with that is this:<BR><BR>1.

In a nutshell: Ken Shirriff is an IC reverse engineering enthusiast who enjoys restoring vintage computers and devices. While repairing an 8-inch HP floppy drive, the computer historian discovered an ...

It's not often that a product makes us go "but why?" then "oh I see" and then "but why?" in such rapid succession, but the HP USB Floppy Drive Key has managed it. At first glance a standard USB memory ...

No… not that kind of floppy…a disk-type one. Why is this useful? Apparently some BIOS updates still need you to jam in a floppy disk, despite the fact that many a ...

In a time not so long ago, 3.5-inch floppy drives were something that every desktop computer had. But with our ever-increasing data needs, the paltry 1.44MB of space just doesn’t cut it anymore. Enter ...

The popularity of e-mail and giant hard drives with facilities of swapping is said to be the cause of the shrinking sales of floppies. The floppy disk, which revolutionised home computing in the late ...