You can troubleshoot an old PC at your home. In addition to common issues to look for, there's another task you should take on -- create a bootable USB drive. I know, I know. The first time I heard ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

Looking for free software to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 11/10? Your search ends here as we list the best free bootable USB maker software. A bootable USB ...

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 ...

Last month I discussed in one of my blog posts about putting Windows 8 onto a tablet by booting the tablet from a USB flash drive and then installing the new operating system. A few days after I ...

You might have come across a situation where your CD-ROM is non-functional or DVD drive is inaccessible, but you want to install Windows Vista or Windows 7. Obviously ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview is called that for a reason—there isn't a lot on the surface that looks very compelling about the new operating system to business users. The revelation that ...

To check if the USB is bootable, we can use a freeware called MobaLiveCD. It is a portable tool that you can run as soon as you download it and extract its contents. Connect the created bootable USB ...

Windows To Go is an interesting feature that lets you boot Windows 8 on any computer from a USB drive. It’s officially available only for the Windows Enterprise edition, but there are workarounds so ...

Creating a bootable Windows USB drive used to be a chore, but today, one solution can pretty-well suit most people. However, there are times when a flash drive has some quirk that prevents it from ...