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 hard ...
Some troubleshooting tidbits we discovered while working with a LaCie FireWire CD-RW drive: Cannot boot from CD-RW FireWire drive Any bootable discs mounted by the CD-RW drive, including the original ...
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 ...
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 ...
I enjoy being the tech hero. Relatives and friends come to me with their computer problems, and more often than not, I help them. Their problem gets solved, and my ego goes up a notch. (I can vouch ...
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 ...
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. Why ...
Some malware cannot be removed from your computer easily once it gets past your anti-virus protection and integrates itself deeply into your system—sometimes making it unbootable. In such a situation, ...
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