Everyone knows optical disc formats like CD and DVD, but history is littered with other attempts to make shiny round discs ...

Pocket computers. Sort-of smartwatches. Motion-sensing game controllers. None of these big ideas are as memorable as Windows ...

but they can be affected by disc rot, a form of physical deterioration that affects optical discs, causing them to become unreadable over time due to corrosion or damage to the reflective layer.

Note: In 2022, the content from the CD ROM and USB drive was converted into a freely available online key. The supporting technology was updated so it could run on newer operating systems. The ...