Windows install floppies and discs have gone the way of the dodo, but it still pays to keep a copy of the OS on a USB drive. Here's how to make your own.

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 ...

Rufus is a popular software used to create bootable USB flash drivers to install Windows or another operating system on a computer. It is a free and open-source utility. It is available in both ...

The bootable rescue environment I reach for when systems won’t start.

Netbooks, laptops, office, and home computers…often we don’tknow which one we’ll be working on from one day to the next.Sometimes, it isn’t even our own PC, but one at a hotel businesscenter or a ...

This week I've been: building a new gaming PC for the next issue of PC Gamer magazine. It's a beauty, too, using the new Asus ProArt PA401 chassis and golden RAM... yes, golden! Last week I was: ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB ...

Dual-booting Windows editions is a tradition that goes quite far back. It lets you experience new Windows versions and old Windows versions together on the same hard drive of a PC or laptop. Dual ...