I'm working with an ARM emulator that needs an image of it's flash ROM to work properly. It actually loads everything out of the image, OS and all. Is there some easy way to add and remove files from ...

This edition of Ask TUAW tackles questions about MobileMe syncing woes, OS X invisible files, online store creation, watching AVIs, sorting Apple Lossless files and more. As always, your suggestions ...

I recently picked up an external FW/USB2 enclosure for an old 80GB WD HD I have laying around. I'd like to be able to read/write to/from the drive from both Windows and Linux. I figured FAT32 would be ...

Majid was unable to copy a movie from his PC to his newly acquired 32GB USB key, and wondered why. He sent me a screenshot that clearly indicated the problem, as it read “The file is too large for the ...

If you've used a Windows computer, you've likely encountered the NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32 file systems, even if you didn't know it. While most people don't really have to engage with these systems ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

The first file system to be used in a Microsoft operating system was the FAT system, which uses a file allocation table. This table is an index that creates a list of disk contents to record the ...