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 ...

Jesus Vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable USB to install OS X 10.7-10.8 and OS X 10.5-10.6, as well as how to put multiple versions on the same USB. With the advances in technology, faster ...

Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB from a Windows system is a straightforward process that allows you to try out Ubuntu without installing it on your computer. This guide will walk you through the steps ...

I think the reason we haven't heard many complaints about the doing away of physical media is exactly this. As long as power users can make their own offline media, there's nothing to complain about.

Happy Mountain Lion Day! Now that you have downloaded the 4.34GB installer, you may want to install Mountain Lion on more than one of your personal machines. Do you really need to wait 45 minutes or ...

At its annual WWDC, Apple unveiled a new version of desktop operating system, OS X v10.11 El Capitan, expected to refine the Mac experience and improve system performance. Designed on the lines of ...

Several days ago, we covered where to download a Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 ISO image file, but a common question is what do you do once the image is downloaded? The answer is make a bootable USB drive out ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

USBs come in different shapes and sizes, from a pen drive that sticks in your pocket to heavy duty hard drives that are shackled to your desk for all eternity. Setting the various advantages that of ...

Jesus Vigo goes over the steps to create a bootable USB to install OS X 10.9 (aka Mavericks). In April, I wrote an article on TechRepublic about how to create a bootable USB to install OS X. The ...