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 ...

Back in the day, the floppy drive was all the rage. Being able to transport your data from one PC to another, all thanks to this small, square thing that could usually fit right into your pocket. Of ...

Check out this new 2-in-1 USB key from HP, the USB Floppy Drive Key. The USB Floppy Drive Key is a useful USB gadget as it can be read as a standard USB drive or as a floppy drive. This means you can ...

How to create a bootable VMware ESXi USB drive in Windows Your email has been sent Trying to get started with VMware's virtualization app but lack an optical drive on ...

The primary factor in setting up USB booting is whether or not USB boot is supported in the BIOS of the system that you want to boot from a USB device. If the system BIOS supports USBHDD or USBZIP, ...

What is a boot disk and why do I need one? A boot disk is a floppy or a CD that you can use to boot your computer into a state in which you can use it to fix a problem. There will be times that your ...

If you have some old floppy disks lying around, then you may want to check out this fun DIY USB drive which was made using an old 3.5 inch floppy. This fun USB drive was made by Charles Mangin from , ...

How to create a bootable VMware ESXi USB drive on Macs Your email has been sent Trying to get started with VMware's virtualization app but lack an optical drive on ...