5 old-school storage devices that used to be essential

Before the cloud took over as the prime form of data storage, these old-school devices were essential when it came to storing ...
AOL

Floppy Disks Aren't Floppy – So Where Did The Name Come From?

If you're a member of Gen A, there's a good chance you've never seen anything called a "floppy disk." If you're Gen Z or older, you've almost certainly handled floppies (and you may even be collecting ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Floppy disks, burned CDs, and tape drives: How we survived before the cloud

Before cloud storage, we risked everything to back up our files ...
SlashGear

No, Floppy Disks Aren't Dead: Here's How They're Still Being Used

When talking about vintage tech from the '90s, it's common for millennials to bring up the Walkman, Tamagotchi, Polaroid cameras, and CDs. All of these died out and then saw a recent resurgence — save ...
TechSpot

From nostalgia to necessity: why floppy disks refuse to fade away

RETRO-TASTIC It's been close to fifteen years since the last new floppy disk was manufactured by Sony. That's a long time by any standard, and it's especially lengthy in the ever-advancing tech world.