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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.

Running Windows completely off of a USB flash drive is quite handy if you want to try a newer or older version of Windows without affecting your current system. The USB drive can also serve as a ...

Creating a bootable USB drive is a common task for installing or repairing operating systems, but verifying its bootability without restarting the computer can be challenging. Here are several methods ...

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Over the years, a few operating systems and tools have become staples for my recovery drive. These operating systems run on my personal systems and virtual machines, and I keep adding updated ISO ...

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Now that USB 3.0-supporting motherboards are out in the wild, you're probably going to want some kit that's able to take advantage of the added bandwidth. In terms of USB pen drives, it's California's ...

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Having just reviewed Silicon Motion's new SM2320 controller and finding it to be the best portable SSD solution to date, we're back with what is the fastest USB Pen Drive on the planet. The Kingston ...

If you want to format a write-protected USB pen drive on Windows 11/10, here is how you can do that. There are three methods to format a write-protected USB flash drive, and all of them are built into ...