More loyal readers (read: those willing to sit through a video featuring me) might remember a spot we did on turning an old floppy disk into a USB drive. The results were disastrous, involving ...

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 ...

Dell Computer is offering its own alternative to the floppy disk. The company on Tuesday began offering the USB Memory Key, a small, removable storage device. Dell will offer a 16MB version of the USB ...

Charles Mangin from Option8 managed to cram a USB stick into an old floppy in such a way that’s just fresh enough to be a DIY project I wouldn’t mind attempting myself. The hack actually involved two ...

Most retro gamers use emulators to play old school games on their Android device, but iIf you still have your old floppy disk games and a USB floppy drive ($11 at Amazon) you can play them on your ...

We love wrapping new technology in our retro gadgets here at Lifehacker, and if you've got a pile of old floppies lying around, you can use them as USB storage with this clever hack. DIYer Charles ...

I have a TEAC USB floppy drive. The closest I can get to an ID is "TEAC USB UF000x USB Device". The problem is that at times the drive will not correctly display the contents of the floppy disk. "dir ...

The floppy disk, already abandoned by most computer users, has been pushed closer to extinction by a Sony decision to end manufacturing of the storage media this early next year. Sony, one of a ...

That the USB thumb drive is the natural descendent of the floppy disk is certain. They both suffer from the same advantages and problems: portable and convenient, yet cheap, plastic and all too ...