Following up on our recent item (Apple! Are you listening?) requesting a utility to make customized bootable CDs that launch applications the user selects: Use BootCD Ask and ye shall receive! Charles ...

You'll need to use a startup CD to boot up your computer and run diagnostics if you have a problem booting from your installed Windows XP operating system – for ...

I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn’t be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn’t quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...

I'm trying to make a bootable CD that boots to the image of 2.88 Meg DOS floppy and I'm not having much luck. Here's a quick run down of the steps I've taken.<P>1) Create a 1.44 Meg floppy disk that ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...

We all use various ways to enhance the security of our operating systems. If your system is subjected to various removable disks in a day, then it becomes a matter of primary concern that you should ...

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 ...

Despite all of your preventive measures and the best-laid plans, sometimes the worst-case scenario happens: Your primary file server crashes right before your regularly scheduled backup window, and ...