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 ...

The process of downloading and installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 is pretty straightforward. But did you know that you also can run Windows right from a USB flash drive? Now it does sound like a ...

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 ...

Enhance your Windows 11 security by using a USB security key. You can either buy a physical key like YubiKey or convert a regular USB drive into a security key using software like USB Raptor. This ...

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—find ...

Creating a bootable USB drive is a common task for installing or repairing operating systems, but verifying its bootability without restarting the computer can be challenging. Here are several methods ...

But with the advent of the tiny, lightweight, and portable USB key drive, system builders now have a new tool. I believe the USB key drive could alter—even usurp—our old rescue and ...

Windows might be your bread and butter, but you can dual-boot it with Linux if you want to tinker, or play around with a wider range of open source software. Whether you're using Windows 10 or Windows ...

In this section, we will look at three fixes that can help you if the F12 boot menu is not working in Windows 11/10: Again, you must keep pressing the F12 key as soon as you press the power button.

Microsoft, and its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, are planning to update Secure Boot on Windows Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) PCs, starting this year, per a Tuesday ...