In an earlier tutorial, we explained how to clone the Tiger install DVD to a partition on an external FireWire disk. This is a good idea because the DVD is optical media, and optical media can have ...

Having bootable media ready can be a real lifesaver when you need to do a clean installation of Windows. Thankfully, it's easy to set that up. There are two main ways to create bootable media for a ...

Windows: Want to turn your Windows installation DVD into an installation flash drive? WinToFlash can do that and more. WinToFlash can transfer Windows XP, Vista, and 7 onto a flash drive as well as ...

I'm trying to install fedora 6 on a server with no dvd drive. I have an external usb dvd drive, and I'm able to boot from the install DVD just fine. Once setup starts, though, it fails to see the DVD ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...