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 ...

Booting up your PC using USB drives is useful. It allows you to reinstall your Windows, deal with easy system restores, and more. But what if bootable USB is not detected in Windows 11/10? This can be ...

There comes a time in any PC enthusiast's life where something goes horribly wrong with a build, either one that already exists or a system that's in its infancy. Either way, there are times when ...

There's one immutable law of PCs: sh*t happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to fix things, if you had the foresight to create one essential recovery tool first. Booting from a USB recovery ...

Hi,<P>I have debian on sda1, with the kernel in /boot/linux-2.4.2/bzLinux (or something like that).<BR>how do I create a boot disk so I can boot off floppy? I'm planning to reinstall windows, and I ...

Yep. It's easy. <BR><BR>Here's what I did: <BR><BR>1: Make your bootable floppy diskette with Ghost, in Windows, with options appropriate to your system. <BR><BR>2: Boot off of that diskette once, ...

Reader Rob W. asks: “Is there any way to create a boot disk that allows access to NTFS drives?” Sysinternals offers NTFSDOS, a utility that allows access to NTFS volumes from MS-DOS. A freeware ...

Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...