How-To Geek on MSN

This 49-year-old storage format can still rescue files from dead and forgotten PCs or HDDs

FAT variants like FAT12, FAT32 and exFAT continue to connect vintage machines and modern devices with compatibility.
XDA Developers on MSN

Windows still asks about this floppy-era setting every time you format a drive

A 30-year-old Windows NT setting has persisted to this day ...
The Verge

Microsoft forgot to update this Windows feature for 30 years

There’s lots of old UI in Windows, but some of it was only supposed to be temporary. There’s lots of old UI in Windows, but some of it was only supposed to be temporary. is a senior correspondent and ...
ExtremeTech

The Windows Format Dialog Remains Unchanged After 30 Years

Windows 11 debuted in 2021, and despite the clear and concise name, it was not the 11th version of Microsoft's operating system. The Windows lineage stretches back over about 20 releases (depending on ...
Kotaku

A 30-Year-Old Menu In Windows Was Meant To Be Temporary, Actually

It turns out that a small but useful menu inside your modern Windows PC was designed and built in one day in 1994. It was meant to be a temporary stopgap until something better was created to replace ...