Externe can’t boot his laptop from a CD or a flash drive. He asked the Answer Line forum for help. When you turn on a PC, you usually want and expect it to check the hard drive or SSD and, from there, ...

A dual-boot setup enables us to run various operating systems without the need for additional hardware, on a single set of hardware, thus reducing total cost. We have already discussed how to dual ...

Businesses often require the use of dual-boot setups -- computers that can run more than one operating system -- to access certain applications or hardware. Some older software and devices aren't ...

If your Windows 11/10 computer won’t boot with a second hard drive plugged in, then first make sure the drive is working properly and there are no issues with it. Having done that, try these ...

Q: I was reading about your recent article on someone who was receiving Microsoft update alerts for his Windows 7 computer. This led me to ask the following question. Is there a way to upgrade older ...

Apple's security processor gets in the way when you're trying to use external drives to boot from. Fix this now because if you wait until you need to restart from one, you'll have problems. The T2 ...

Bombich Software recently updated Carbon Copy Cloner to version 6, and its founder, Mike Bombich, posted a blog entry explaining some of the intricacies involved with updating cloning software for Big ...

My brother called me with a question I didn't know the answer to.<BR>The problem:<BR>His friend has a laptop with a 6 Gig (I think) hard drive. He wants a more space and doesn't know what to do.