USB drives are incredibly useful, both storing files for transport between different computers and for creating bootable drives that let us use or install other operating systems on our computers.

N ow that so many of us are signed up to cloud storage services, USB drives aren't as ubiquitous as they once were, but they still have their uses. One of those uses is running an ...

A while back, [cnlohr] needed a USB keyboard and mouse. His box ‘o junk didn’t hold this particular treasure, and instead of hopping on Amazon like a normal geek or venturing into the outside ...

Sometimes you need to access an older version of macOS, but Apple doesn't make that easy. Mist is an app that can download ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux, open source, and gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB capacity ...

If you use Windows, it is always a good idea to have a Windows 11 or Windows 10 Bootable USB around. My new Windows setup crashed, and I had no way to use Advanced Recovery. So I had two options ...

Explore the new Raspberry Pi boot menu, a game-changer for device flexibility, allowing easy boot from USB, NVMe, and network ...

An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

standard interface for PCs – designed to improve software interoperability and address limitations of BIOS. When Fast Boot is enabled, you may not be able to boot from a USB flash drive unless ...