N.B.: Some laptops allow you to set the boot devices using a Windows application. Toshiba, for example, does this with some of their laptops. The application is either a standalone application or an ...

What is flashing the BIOS? Flashing is another way of saying updating with a new program. You need to be very careful doing this as if you have any problems during the process, you could be left with ...

Every Windows PC usually starts from the built-in hard drive, as the term “Windows PC” implies. This is because the Microsoft operating system is not anchored in or with the hardware, but is installed ...

If you have a bootable USB drive, you can boot your Windows 10 computer from the USB drive. The easiest way to boot from USB is to open the Advanced Startup Options by holding the Shift key when you ...

Last month I discussed in one of my blog posts about putting Windows 8 onto a tablet by booting the tablet from a USB flash drive and then installing the new operating system. A few days after I ...

Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in ...

When trying to reinstall the Windows 11/10 operating system on a computer, or boot from an installation media, some users have seen an error – System doesn’t have ...