Rufus is a free, portable utility that creates bootable USB flash drives from ISO files. As of 2026, the latest version is Rufus 4.13 — and it’s faster and more capable than ever, with built-in ...

There might come a time when you feel the need to burn images to a USB stick or an SD card for whatever reason. Should that time show its ugly head, you may be wondering what type of tool is good ...

Several days ago, we covered where to download a Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 ISO image file, but a common question is what do you do once the image is downloaded? The answer is make a bootable USB drive out ...

When installing a fresh copy of Windows 10, you typically use a USB flash drive to launch the "Windows Setup" wizard to continue with the installation process. However, on a device that has a Unified ...

If when you download the Windows ISO image and try to copy it to a bootable USB flash drive, but receive the error message The file ‘install.wim’ is too large for ...

Years ago, I finally made the decision to stop buying an optical drive when building a new PC, because I can’t remember the last time I actually needed to put a disc into my computer. Yes, I’ll ...

Margaret T. wants to boot from a flash drive and work on documents from there. You’ll need to get an operating system onto the flash drive. You’ve got a number of ...

Your new Mac doesn’t include an installation media. With the help of a GUI, Jack Wallen shows you how to create a handy flash drive for macOS. You bought that shiny ...

A bootable Mac OS X thumb drive comes in handy when you need to troubleshoot OS issues for yourself, your family, or your friends. It’s also extremely useful for keeping your basic setup consistent ...