IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This disk drive for 8" floppy disks ...

A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts explain why it stopped mattering.

Running a solid state drive on your desktop computer has several advantages over using a traditional hard drive. Your computer boots faster, shuts down much more quickly and programs open faster. In ...

Hard drives have breather holes for a reason that goes far deeper than simple ventilation. Covering them up could destroy the ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

Q: Scenario: You’re sitting at your desktop doing work of some sort. The disk light comes on and you can hear the disk drive going crazy. You may or may not be doing anything at that particular moment ...

Some Mac users report that their Mac or MacBook cannot read the inserted disk with the error code: “The disk you attached was not readable by this computer.” This ...