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 ...

Rufus is a free, portable utility that creates bootable USB flash drives from ISO files. As of 2026, the latest version is Rufus 4.13 — and it’s faster and more capable than ever, with built-in ...

Apple only sells OS X Mountain Lion as a digital download in the Mac App Store. The installer weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, but the good news is that you can install your copy of Mountain Lion on all ...

These are instructions on how to create a bootable USB installer for macOS Ventura. A bootable installer for macOS Ventura makes it easy to install the operating system onto multiple Macs no matter ...

Setting up on different PCs can be a hassle, but a portable Linux installation on a USB drive lets me take my setup to any PC ...

As someone who extensively writes about all things Windows, I find myself installing the Windows operating system quite often. Most of the time, these installations are geared toward setting up ...

I tested Rufus, Ventoy, and balenaEtcher with Linux Mint to see which one deserves a permanent spot on my emergency USB drive.

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

In cases where you are unable to boot into Windows and cannot access your files, you can create a bootable drive and use the media to boot and repair your OS installation on your device. In this post, ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=25537273#p25537273:i88v4p9p said: barefootguru[/url]":i88v4p9p]For Mountain Lion I just ran the installer to put a ...

First off, a little context. I'm a 30+ year Mac user and I just bought my first PC in decades. I'm no stranger to Windows and Linux, but haven't used them as a desktop OS for about 15 years. My ...