The boot drive is the most fundamental of all the drives your PC may use, as it contains the operating system. Whether it's a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), it has everything your ...

First, we are going to change the boot order as without doing so, the computer will boot from an empty hard drive or another source. So this step ensures that the computer boots from the installation ...

I did a clean install of XP at work. Had a ZIP and CD ROM in the system as well. For some reason the installer made the boot drive E:, so instead of a C: drive, I have an E: drive. Computer Management ...

Booting from a USB stick is very helpful for many purposes. However, many factors have to be right for the boot to work ...

I clone my boot drive fairly regularly. I'm often building a PC for the PC Gamer Magazine or testing a new system for review, and my options are clone my existing test bench drive with all the games, ...