A Quick History Of The Floppy Disk by Niall Roche
Even though there is a lot to be said about floppy drives, these forms of data storage are mostly mentioned in a historical capacity. While you can do a data backup to a floppy disk (assuming your computer even has a floppy drive) it is definitely not recommended. ... However, it was the smaller floppy disk drives that were commonly used in people's homes. ... Almost as soon as it was invented, the floppy disk made punch cards obsolete – they were just so portable, reliable, and easy to use. ... These typically came in sizes between 720KB and 2.8 MB – though the 1.44MB floppy disk was by...

Don't Toss Those Floppies! by C. M. Clifton
I am ashamed to admit it, but I have only recently joined the 21st century where computer technology is concerned. Despite the world zooming ever-faster toward technology that continues to shrink while growing more powerful, I held on to my practically outdated form of data storage. ... Since my new personal computer did not sport a floppy disk drive, I fretted about what I would do with my floppies and how I would access the data stored on the floppies until I discovered external floppy disk drives through research.

Do Not Sweat Over Boot-Up Failures by Bob Cheeseman
Boot-up failure? Yup, been there! This is sometimes a problem with PCs, and when it fails to boot, you will want to cry. But there are times when it does fail to boot, and having some knowledge on how to solve this problem helps. The first step is to look at the most obvious thing - the cords. ... The importance of the boot disk is that the PC, for it to boot, uses the good critical files needed to start your PC that are in the floppy disk once you place it in. ... To do this, you will need a floppy disk.

Floppies-The Portables of the Past - YRU Still Using Floppies? by Jack Wilson
Floppy disks have been in use for decades and have served us well. They can hold 1.44 megabytes of information and are more or less infinitely re-writeable. (Till they inexplicably de-format themselves just when you need them most). New computers today are usually sold without floppy drives. ... A far cry from a floppy but our needs do change in this fast growing world. ... This may be the single best replacement for the floppy. ... A USB Flash Drive is utterly rewritable and real handy. ... Just about every computer in the modern world has at least two USB ports so the drive is almost...

Lifetime of a CD-ROM disk by Bob Rankin
How Long Will a CD or DVD Last? As with any backup medium (floppy disk, tape, CDROM, etc.) the lifetime of the data is an important consideration. Kodak has done extensive accelerated aging tests which indicate that their Infoguard CD-R should last 200 years. ... Rub the disk gently with toothpaste (the pasty kind, not a gel) in a RADIAL (not circular) motion from the center of the disk to the outside edge. ... The idea is that small scratches are buffed out, and some of the polishing agent remains on the disk to fill in any irregularities on the optical surface.

How to Save Important Information in the Modern World? by Michael Kashirin
Some time ago my hard disk drive had been crashed. I tried to restore at least something from it using special services. But specialists were implacable: hard disk drive is dead without any possibility to restore any information. It's a great pity. I have lost a lot of useful information. ... Another hard disk drive, CD, DVD, floppy disk or something else where you keep your backup copy may crash as well. ... You use another or the same hard disk drive, CD or DVD, floppy disks, streamers, etc. ... Probability of such accident is always greater than zero.

DVD Advantage – Many Advantages Less Limitations by Craig Dawber
The article deals with the advantages of DVD both as a medium for data storage and entertainment medium. It appears that the advantages are many and limitations are few, giving it the edge over other alternatives. History of DVD Digital versatile disk (DVD for short) was developed initially as... The full length movie can be stored in a single DVD and the quality will not deteriorate over the time as there is no contact between the disk reader and the disk. ... Cost advantage of DVD: The cost of blank DVD is just 4 to 10 times that of the floppy or the audio CD, but the data storage...

Did You Ever Want to Completely Erase Everything on Your Computer? by Ken Savage
Did you ever want to erase everything on your computer? This is a program I found that does that for you quickly and easily. Active@ KillDisk is a hard drive eraser and is powerful and compact DOS software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any... Or use 1 step Bootable Floppy Creation * Download and run the Bootable Floppy Disk Creator for Active@ KillDisk (click the link). ... * Prepare and insert bootable floppy disk. ... Now you are ready to boot from the floppy/CD and use the software for disk erasing.

Tell Me About Computers by Khal Nuwar
So you want to know about computers? The most important thing to remember, if you are new to computers, is not to be afraid of them. They are just another electrical appliance, and unless you do something drastic, I promise you they won't blow up in your face! ... Floppy Drive Floppy discs aren't floppy at all! ... Hard Disks I find hard disks funny, as they aren't really disks in the olden day's sense, originally hard disks were disks made of hard plastic, and floppy disks were floppy if you shook them.

DVD RAM by Ken Marlborough
DVD is a format to store optical data. It is used as a storage medium for movies with very high video and sound quality. The DVD RAM or the DVD Read-And-Write Memory is a disk specification. The DVD Forum came up with it in 1996 and since 1998, DVD RAM has been used in computers, camcorders and... It has concentric tracks and is accessed like a usual floppy disk or hard drive. ... DVD RAM 1.0 is a single-sided, one- layer disk with a capacity of 2.58 GB or a double-sided one-layer disk with a capacity of 5.16 GB.