There are several common ways people can verify file system integrity in OS X, including booting to Safe Mode, using Disk Utility, or running the 'fsck' tool. These options have had some people ...

One of the convenient features in early versions of Windows (yes, Windows) was the ability to easily create an MS-DOS boot disk out of any floppy disk, which could then be used to troubleshoot ...

The last good reason to boot up into a LIVE CD is that you want to dispose of your computer or hard disk, there are some great programs that WIPE all the data in a secure manner from magnetic ...

It seems that the SD card slot in the new MacBook Pros does count as a bootable device; all you have to do is install OS X onto a card, set it as the default boot device, and you're good to go ...

The AppleCare disc I got with my PowerBook isn't G5 compatible, though (10.2.7 required to boot at a minimum).

So, last night I'm about to upgrade the kernel on my Debian woody system and I check to make sure I have a boot disk in case I mess everything up. Somewhere since I've installed woody, I've lost ...

Whenever I replace the boot disk of a Mac my routine is to restart the Mac in target disk mode, connect it to another Mac, and use SuperDuper! to clone the drive to yet another external drive ...

Boot disk recovery and repair toolkits don’t get any better than this Windows-based environment. The more things change, the more things stay the same. For Active@ Boot Disk 7.1, that means ...

If when you boot your Windows 11/10 computer and you receive the No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed error message, then this post will help you.

We've written at length about how to create a bootable installer for Lion (OS X 10.7). Lion DiskMaker simplifies the process.

Windows Image Boot or WIMBoot is a disk space saving technique which could be used with the new Windows Update. It can be deployed on device with 16 GB of storage space.

Boot disk recovery and repair toolkits don’t get any better than this Windows-based environment. Finally, we come to a boot disc that offers useful tools, is easyto use, and can be created from ...