Can a CD be burned in a way so that it emulates the Windows Boot Disk, wherefrom I get control of all the inherent features a normal boot disk - like formatting, partitioning etc? Whenever I had to ...

The system I want to install W2K on doesn't have a working floppy so I would like to boot from the CD. Unfortunately the W2K pro CD I have is a discounted version distributed by the University where I ...

Arguably the biggest advantage of the Arduino ecosystem is how easy it is to get your code running. Type a few lines into the IDE, hit the button, and in a few seconds you’re seeing an LED blink or ...

A floppy disk that contains its own operating system. It was typically used to recover a failed system or to install a new operating system in the days when floppy drives were common. See bootable ...

I destroy my old data using what storage experts call a”block-erasure utility” such as Darik’s Boot and Nuke. DBANoverwrites each block on a computer’s hard drive several times–upto standard levels ...

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 ...