Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies ...

Booting from a OS CD or USB stick runs your computer without a hard drive, allowing you to format prior to installation.

I have a MSI Neo 2 865 motherboard and I'm trying to install 2 SATA drives with 1 IDE CD rom drive. I've tried using the SATA Raid driver disk and I get the same problem Bluescreen "Inaccesible ...

So, how do you install disc-based software on a Mac with a dead media drive? I have three solutions for those with another Mac.

My Dell C400 does not have a CD driver or floppy and will not boot to usb. Also I don’t have access to a usb floppy drive or usb cd-rom drive. I can install the C400 hdd onto a desktop so I can ...

The System Rescue CD includes open source tools GParted and Partimage, which can create a new partition and save your fresh Windows installation as a restorable image for the price of zero dollars.

Super-handy utility WinToFlash automates the task of prepping Flash drives as Windows installation media.

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 ...