Booting from CD is one of those computer functions that everyone seems to assume you know how to do. Watch this video, then read this quick tip, and you too will know. You may be able to just boot ...

But with the advent of the tiny, lightweight, and portable USB key drive, system builders now have a new tool. I believe the USB key drive could alter—even usurp—our old rescue and ...

I have heard about a CDROM package where when you boot from it, it does a burn-in test (like how some people use quake)...I think it was supposed to run memory tests and the whole nine yards. Has ...

Thomas Wensel wants to install Windows 7 while keeping his older version. This is a great idea if you have enough spare hard drive space. It allows you to move to the new OS without burning your ...

Reader Larry wrote me regarding his new Asus machine, which came without any kind of recovery disks (which would be used to restore Windows in the event of a major system meltdown). That’s not ...

Rufus stands for Reliable USB Formatting Utility with Source. It is a tiny and lightweight utility for Windows PC that helps you easily format and create bootable USB drives, such as USB keys, memory ...

One of the messages that you don’t want to see when getting ready to upgrade a system to Solaris 10 is “can’t open boot device”. The problems this kind of ...

Windows includes built-in CD and DVD burning features. Users with access to the system can burn discs from within Windows Explorer. You can disable the built-in CD burning tool by changing a value in ...