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

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

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.

Good news, netbook users: There’s a reasonably easy way to install the Windows 7 Release Candidate, even if you don’t have an external DVD drive. As you may recall from yesterday, Windows 7 ...

Earlier, we published a tutorial explaining how to clone the Tiger installer DVD to an external FireWire drive. In that tutorial, we suggested that while you're doing this you should also have a ...

Insert your Windows 7 DVD and select the drive letter—or, if your system came pre-loaded with a Windows 7 "recovery" section, point RT7Lite to that directory.

The last several times I have installed Win2K Pro, I have experienced difficulties ... if I was installing from a DVD drive. Because the install CD I have is not bootable (it's from my MSDN ...

Once you’re formatted the drive, click Disk Utility’s Restore tab. Into the Source field drag the disk image of your Snow Leopard installer (likely called Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg).

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...