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Floppy Disk: A reusable magnetic storage medium introduced by IBM in 1971. It was called a floppy because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets. Woefully undersized for today's...; Full Floppy Disk Definition >>

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HP ships USB sticks with malware: HP ships USB sticks with malwareMade in China crap.Enough said.Reminds me of the early days of computingAh yes, this is how viruses used to spread in the days of DOS with floppies. Not a very popular vector anymore, but we should remember it's still possible, and we should still run...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Safety Recall, USB-sticks, Hewlett-Packard Co., malware, floppy disk, virus; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
The Eternal Floppy Disk: The Icon that Never Dies: The Eternal Floppy Disk: The Icon that Never DiesThe Point You Should Have MadeWhat hasn't changed much is not the technology, but the tendency of humans to resist change. The UI is not changing as rapidly cas it could because people change slowly. However, an interesting point for your article...; Tags: Microsoft Office, floppy disk, Eternal Floppy Disk; Discussion threads 2008-03-25
The Eternal Floppy Disk: The Icon that Never Dies: When was the last time you had a computer with a floppy disk drive? Five years? Six? If you're a Mac user, it could be ten years or more. Safe to say the floppy disk has been a thing of the past for eons, at least in computing years. And,...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Man+buys+unopened+Apple+IIc+on+eBay+%28and+opens+the+box%29: Man+buys+unopened+Apple+IIc+on+eBay+%28and+opens+the+box%29Trying to post my message in Talkback... :(94% + 12% is what? 106%? What's wrong with the poll (at the time of writing, 6:48 AM EST)?What good is it?Other than playing around with it for a couple of hours, what are you going to do with it? It's an...; Tags: Apple IIc, Apple Inc., floppy disk, eBay Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
Active@ Kill Disk - Hard Drive Eraser (exe): Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. Active@ KillDisk conforms to US Department of...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, Disk, U.S. Department Of Defense; Software downloads 2008-01-30

MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read/rip/burn a disc?: MacBook Air - Will all the cool evaporate when someone asks you to read/rip/burn a disc?I don't think the floppy comparison is a good analogyThe limited capacity of the floppy disk (1.44MB) effectively rendered it useless for a lot of purposes. Further more an alternative to the floppy, at least...; Tags: Notebooks, disc, optical drive, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., floppy disk, USB; Discussion threads 2008-01-21
SplitFile (exe): Splits chop big file in smaller segments to be able to store them in floppy disks or CD. The main feature if compared to other programs like this, is the ability to support very large files and to being configured to increase performances if used with fast disks (adjusting the...; Tags: Floppy Disk, File, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Software downloads 2007-11-26
Maxtor Firmware Repair Floppy Version (0floppysetup): A freeware of Salvation HDD Lab aiming at solution for typical firmware malfunction of Maxtor 541DX (2B020H1 2B010H1), which may manifest itself as follows: HDD is not identified or identified by its factory alias "Maxtor Athena"; HDD starts the motor and then hangs. This version is the first release on...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Maxtor Corp., Firmware; Software downloads 2007-10-30
Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install (exe): The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. You cannot upgrade from a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Startup Disk, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-28
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install (exe): The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. You cannot upgrade from a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Startup Disk, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-28
Windows XP Professional Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install (EXE): The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. You cannot upgrade from a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Startup Disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-22
Windows XP Home Edition Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install (EXE): The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. You cannot upgrade from a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, CD-ROM, Startup Disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-08-22
All Image (exe): Create image files of any disks and back (USB Flash, Floppy, and Hard Drives). Save the image file compressed, uncompressed or as a highly customizable self-extracting exe using a wizard-like interface. Create bootable USB Flash Drives to replace your bootable floppy disks. Mount image files to drive letters using Virtual...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, USB Flash Drive; Software downloads 2007-07-19
Floppy Office (zip): Floppy Office is a collection of small, self contained no-install free office software applications which enable the end use access to every tool, utility and program imaginable for home, business, and student users alike. All of the self-contained, standalone applications require no installation, whatsoever, and for this reason make the...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Software, Microsoft Office, USB, Floppy Office, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2007-05-03
Floppy Image (exe): Create image files of floppy disks and back (for backup, shipping or transfer). Save the image file compressed, uncompressed or as a self-extracting exe. Add descriptions to or convert your old image files. Logically recreate bad sectors when writing floppy disks. The self-extracting exe can be fully customized with a...; Tags: Floppy Disk, License Agreement, Disk; Software downloads 2007-03-30
CloneDisk (exe): Fast clone all operation system. Repair bad hard disk, partition of fixed disk, floppy disk, flash memory, CD or DVD. Backup and restore information. Copy or clone hard disk, partition of fixed disk, floppy disk, flash memory.; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Flash Memory; Software downloads 2007-01-18
IndyaMail 2Kul File-Splitter (zip): IndyaMail.com's 2Kul File-Splitter helps split large files into small pieces that can be later re-attached using our small software. The use of this software is to dynamically distribute large files into smaller parts so that they can be copied over to multiple floppy or other storage disks where file size...; Tags: Floppy Disk, File, Shivam Parikh, IndyaMail.com, Storage, Hardware; Software downloads 2006-12-22
Undelete from Floppy Disks (zip): Undelete from Floppy Disks is written in assembly language for IBM PCs. It undeletes a file from a floppy disk. Once you run this program you will be shown the data and asked if this was the content of your file. Source code included so that you can play with...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk; Software downloads 2006-11-13
TypeStats (zip): If you've ever wanted to search for a particular file or folder, but can't remember which floppy or CD-ROM it was on, then TypeStats is the answer you've been looking for. With TypeStats you'll be able to catalogue your entire collection of floppy disks, CDs and DVDs, even the contents...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Collection, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2006-10-26
RECOVER Floppy Pro (exe): Completely Automated Disk level data recovery software for Floppy Disks. Recovers files from a floppy that generates Drive A is not accessible or The disk in drive A is not formatted error in WINDOWS. Recovers files from reformatted floppy disks. A single recursive run recovers all files from all folder...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, ImageSkill; Software downloads 2006-10-11