Clean the disc, use a disc repair kit, or clean the laser The PlayStation 2 (PS2) has one fairly common problem that has frustrated gamers for decades. Thankfully, plenty of solutions to the PS2 ...

This special release came with both the base game and a bonus disc that showed some of the best fights in the game. The bottom of the PS2 disc case should read "INCLUDES BONUS DISC", so be sure to ...

Due to its widespread success, Sony made sure to keep supplying the console with incredible games, and the PS2 now has one of the most beloved libraries in all gaming. From tactical JRPGs to ...

Looking like a standard 8K JEDEC-compatible memory device, it actually provided access to a flash disk drive ranging from 16MB to 1GB. [Smbakeryt] bought some of these devices and built an ISA ...

In addition, bootable recovery disks contain troubleshooting and repair utilities. Even if the operating system cannot be restored, the bootable disk often enables valuable data files to be copied ...

As long as the file being read was written sequentially, the HDD will skim it. However, as the disc becomes crowded with data, it’s easy for a file to be written across multiple sections.

Disk Management and the DISKPART utility on Windows 11 and Windows 10 are useful tools for managing their disk space allocation and more. But some users are reporting ...

Disk Management is a built-in Windows program that is used to maintain partitions and drives on your system. Usually, carrying out any task in the utility is hassle-free as it is well optimized to ...

A disk's surface is divided into concentric tracks (circles within circles), and the thinner the tracks, the more storage. The data bits are recorded as magnetic spots on the tracks in one ...

Here’s how it works. In our experience, the best external hard drive is the WD Elements portable HDD. Suitable for almost everyone, it boasts great soeeds and great storage capacity at a great ...

An illustration of a simple Nipkow disk. Hzeller (CC BY-SA 3.0). There was one piece of television technology that evaded a 1980s dumpster-diver, no 625-line PAL set from the 1970s was ever going ...