However, if you put a portable Linux installation on a flash drive, you can carry your own operating system with you wherever ...

So you want to take Windows 8 for a spin on a computer that doesn’t have a disc drive? Not a problem. While Microsoft has only released a disc image of Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can use the ...

I am in charge of upgrading a small computer lab from Windows XP to Windows 7 and I'm having a hell of a time with it. One quirk of these computers is that they don't have a DVD drive, so I've made an ...

Blogger Kurt Shintaku figured out how to install Windows Vista from a USB flash drive, a potentially huge time-saver for anyone needing to deploy the OS on multiple ...

Whatever the case, a portable Linux installation on a flash drive can be used in place of a normal storage drive in your PC.

Sometimes the most effective way to clean up Windows is to just wipe your hard drive and start over with a fresh re-installation, and that process can be so long and tedious—unless you know the ...

Did you know that a full copy of Windows can be installed and run from a USB drive? Microsoft introduced "Windows To Go" with Windows 8 Enterprise and has continued supporting the feature in Windows ...

For those of you that manage multiple PCs with multiple version of Windows including 7, 8 and even the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview, the ability to have all your installation media on one flash ...

For the last 15 years or so, Microsoft Windows has been coming on CDs or DVDs. But it’s increasingly common to find computers that don’t have disc drives. So how do you install Windows on those ...

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is as much a problem for IT departments, as it is an opportunity for end users. It's not just unknown phones and tablets that are coming into the office, connecting to ...

I want to create a bootable installer for Debian on a usb flash drive. I just wrote the debian-jessie.iso file to the device file using: Well that didn't work. The computer won't boot from it, I get a ...