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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hey, I need a boot CD b/c the laptop I have only has a cdrom. I have a non-bootable Win2K cd, with bootdisk images (4 of them). I've tried to make a CD that is bootable, and has all 4 disks of data on ...

Here's why it's recommended for every Windows user to have a Windows 10 boot drive around at all times. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news ...