In an earlier tutorial, we explained how to clone the Tiger install DVD to a partition on an external FireWire disk. This is a good idea because the DVD is optical media, and optical media can have ...

We continue to receive notes from readers who have problems with the installation of the iLife '06 suite from its dual-layer DVD. We previously noted that this problem may actually be an be an issue ...

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 ...

If you’re having computer issues or need to upgrade and are trying to figure out how to create a Windows 10 bootable USB or DVD, you’ve come to the right place. Microsoft has brought out a lot of ...

We've shown you how to manually create a bootable Mac OS X Lion DVD or thumb drive, but now an app called Lion DiskMaker can automate the process for you. You just ...

Would you run Windows 7 on a netbook? It’s a good question, especially when you look at some of the benchmarks vis-à-vis battery life and past versions of Windows, namely XP. But let’s put that aside ...

I'm trying to install fedora 6 on a server with no dvd drive. I have an external usb dvd drive, and I'm able to boot from the install DVD just fine. Once setup starts, though, it fails to see the DVD ...

When you try to eject a CD or DVD, you see a message – An error occurred while ejecting DVD RW Drive, then this post offers some suggestions that may help you ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...