ROUND ROCK, Texas, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Dell Computer Co. said it will discontinue floppy disk drives as standard equipment in its higher end Dimension 8250 desktop computers, effective next month. "When ...

Dell Computer said Wednesday it will stop putting the drives in its desktop computers next month and offer them only as an option. Newer storage devices can hold far more data, at a competitive price, ...

I have a problem with my floppy drive: anytime it tries to access a disk in Windows 2000 the entire system crashes (ie cursor freezes, floppy disk drive light is lit and the drive itself is making ...

In historical personal computer terms, the 3.5-inch floppy disk has to be the most widely used storage medium in computer history. The plastic-covered magnetic film contained in floppy disks has been ...

When Michael McCreary bought three new computers for his company, he had no need for one of the oldest and most common computer technologies, the floppy drive. But like many computer customers, he ...

ANSWER: Here is a link that offers four different ways. I'd use the one that shows you how to remove the inner disc and cut it with scissors. But any of the four ways would work, including burning ...

If you’re a sysadmin, you may have noticed a somewhat annoying trend: computers — especially servers — rarely ship with floppy drives any more, and yet BIOS updates still often require that you boot ...

A floppy disk drive and a computer cable valued at a total of $90 were reported stolen Tuesday from a desk at Littelfuse, 800 N. Northwest Highway. A La Niña winter is expected, scientists say. Here’s ...

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.