I just bought a RadioShack 4-port USB hub, but my computer will not make it past the Windows XP logo before it restarts. I have tried the hub both plugged into an outlet and running on bus-power. Both ...

John O’Brien’s PC can’t boot from a USB drive. Every PC needs a way to boot into something other than the installed operating system. Removable boot media allows you to repair your Windows ...

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 ...

The process of downloading and installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 is pretty straightforward. But did you know that you also can run Windows right from a USB flash drive? Now it does sound like a ...

There are a bunch of tools that let you load an operating system onto a USB flash drive, allowing you to boot from that drive and either run or install the OS. But most of those tools are only ...

If you are wondering why copying files or a Bootable USB drive won’t work, then the answer is that copying will not make the drive bootable. Windows the computer starts, it looks for an entry point ...

Aside from their highly customizable nature and lack of privacy-intrusive services, live boot is one of the best features of Linux distributions. After all, the ability to boot into a random distro ...

Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in ...

Apple Inc.'s new Apple TV runs a modified version of the Mac OS X operating system that hackers have already managed to extract and boot on an Intel-based MacBook and an external USB drive.

I have just bought a 256MB USB2 flash drive, and I'm trying to boot my now old but trustworthy BW G3.<BR><BR>I formated my brand new flash drive (HFS+) and copied a stripped down MacOS 9.2.2 system ...