The topic says it all. I just got a new laptop with a Toshiba SD-R2412, and I want to flash the firmware. Unfortunately, I have no floppy, so I can't boot into the command line, having Windows XP and ...

My friend has a Compaq Presario 900 Laptop which came pre-loaded with XP Home. The laptop refuses to load the operating system, and instead, gives me the choices to run in Safe Mode, w/Networking, ...

The various drives for the computer are installed in areas of the case known as drive bays. You then connect ribbon and power cables to them. The ribbon cables also plug into the motherboard.

While retro has always been a thing, nostalgia can only take you so far down memory lane before you have to backtrack to present day reality. Not unless you're able to take something old and something ...

Anyone who has been around computers for very long will remember the good ol' A drive. Back in the day, the 3.5-inch floppy drive sat at the top of the drive hierarchy and if you venture into BIOS, ...

When was the last time you used your computer’s disc drive? What about your DVD player? E-waste is all around us, but as the brilliant Instructables user behind this $60 3D printer proves, there’s ...

Not long ago, the very last VHS tape was produced. It was the end of an era, for sure. Today, another era is ending, and it's one that we can't believe took this long to finally die. The floppy disc ...