Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. In part four of our "What to do with your USB flash drive" series, we'll show you how to configure your USB ...

So you want to take Windows 8 for a spin on a computer that doesn’t have a disc drive? Not a problem. While Microsoft has only released a disc image of Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can use the ...

This article shows you how to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 on a computer using a USB flash drive. This lets you install Windows on a netbook or another computer that may ...

The USB flash drive has replaced the floppy disk drive as the best storage medium for transferring files, but it also has its uses as a replacement for CDs and DVDs. USB drives tend to be higher in ...

Creating a bootable macOS Mojave USB install drive is a great way to facilitate a clean install of macOS. This tutorial will work with the current developer beta and will also work once with the ...

Apple hasn’t shipped operating systems on physical media in a full decade, but there are still good reasons to want a reliable old USB stick for macOS Catalina. Luckily, it’s not hard to make ...

When buying a new computer or laptop, the latest operating system is often already installed. If not, and you have the original media that the OS is on, you can perform the installation yourself. For ...

Getting Lion from the App Store is convenient, but if you want a physical copy of the installation, you can easily make your own Lion install DVD or USB drive with Disk Utility. If you want to do a ...

If you don't have an Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD then you'll need to download the .ISO file and burn one. Full installation gallery here Before we go any further I think that it's important that I point out ...