When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A bootable USB key is a convenient way to install operating systems on netbooks without optical ...

Having bootable media ready can be a real lifesaver when you need to do a clean installation of Windows. Thankfully, it's easy to set that up. There are two main ways to create bootable media for a ...

Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start. A recovery drive is the same as a startup repair ...