Starting your Surface from a USB drive can be useful if you want to change firmware settings or Windows startup settings or if your Surface device does not turn on, start, boot, or wake from sleep.

Normally, if you are unable to boot into Windows and cannot access your files, you can create a bootable drive and use the media to boot and repair your OS installation. Perhaps, not widely known by ...

If your computer won’t start you might be pulling out your hair at the prospect of losing all your precious data. But all isn ...

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 ...

I have a new PE R210 II with no OS. I want to put on plain vanilla Windows 7 Pro (this will be used just for hosting Sage software, no other use). The big issue is that I can't figure out how to get ...

Whether it's a self-built gaming machine or a fresh-from-the-store office PC, the right BIOS/UEFI settings can make a world ...

Dunno if this is a weird problem or I'm just an idiot.<BR><BR>Just did a fresh Win7 install on a new X25 80GB SSD with a USB drive, then found that the BIOS was set to IDE instead of AHCI. <BR><BR>I ...

Raspberry Pi 5 supports booting not only from microSD cards but also from USB memory, external SSD, etc., so I have summarized the steps for USB booting. Also, if you are using a power adapter with a ...