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 ...

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 ...

I’ve been playing with Windows 7 Beta for a the past week or so and after loading it up on multiple machines I’ve learned a few things: 1. I hate waiting for DVDs to burn ISO images. 2. Half of my ...

Boot disk recovery and repair toolkits don’t get any better than this Windows-based environment. The more things change, the more things stay the same. For Active@ Boot Disk 7.1, that means continuing ...

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 ...

I have a laptop running a fully licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. For some reason, the boot partition has become corrupted. I didn't get a Windows 7 disc or a recovery disc with the install.

If your computer begins displaying the message, "DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" or "No system disk," it means that the PC cannot start because it cannot find the operating ...

When Windows won’t boot up, it can be a disturbing experience. But that moment passes quickly, and you must decide how to get past this (hopefully) temporary hiccup. Fortunately, there are plenty of ...

Thomas Wensel wants to install Windows 7 while keeping his older version. This is a great idea if you have enough spare hard drive space. It allows you to move to the new OS without burning your ...

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 ...