In last month’s column, I described the hurdles that Mac OS X puts in your way when you try to create a bootable disc, especially a custom bootable CD, DVD or flash drive. I offered various solutions ...

Apple only sells OS X Mountain Lion as a digital download in the Mac App Store. The installer weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, but the good news is that you can install your copy of Mountain Lion on all ...

Boot disk recovery and repair toolkits don’t get any better than this Windows-based environment. Finally, we come to a boot disc that offers useful tools, is easyto use, and can be created from ...

So, I've got a G5, and its internal drive seems to have been somewhat corrupted. When it tries to boot, it just shows the spinner for 15 minutes or so as the fans grow ever-louder. I can boot off the ...

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...

Here is a question from reader Danny. “I have XP Pro installed at the moment and I would like to format my hard drive so that I can install 2000. Apart from hooking my drive up as a slave to another ...

Remember the good old days, when PCs were young and programs weresmall?You could put DOS and a bunch of useful tools on a singlefloppy disk, which always held a place of honor near your computerfor ...

We all need to start from scratch sometimes and if you're building a new PC, chances are you'll need to learn how to make a bootable USB drive. This will enable you to boot your PC directly from a USB ...

What does No bootable image found notebook will be shutdown mean? If your computer is unable to boot as there is no bootable image found, your Boot Option or Mode or some BIOS settings are wrongly ...

This will be n00btastic, but if you can help I'd appreciate it.<BR><BR>I'm trying to create a bootable CD from an iso, in this case, memtest. The drive is in a machine running Ubuntu.<BR><BR>At the ...

Booting up your PC using USB drives is useful. It allows you to reinstall Windows, perform easy system restores and more. But what if bootable USB is not detected in Windows 11/10? This can be ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...