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For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

The USB flash drive has replaced the floppy disk drive as the best storage medium for transferring files, but it also has its uses as a replacement for CDs and DVDs. USB drives tend to be higher in ...

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 ...

There are many valid and legal reasons one might have to feel the need to download Windows 7. For instance, you might be needed to reinstall or recover Windows 7 but not find the original Windows 7 ...

You might have come across a situation where your CD-ROM is non-functional or DVD drive is inaccessible, but you want to install Windows Vista or Windows 7. Obviously ...

Rufus stands for Reliable USB Formatting Utility with Source. It is a tiny and lightweight utility for Windows PC that helps you easily format and create bootable USB drives, such as USB keys, memory ...

Avid Windows 7 or Windows 8-8.1 users without access to optical drives can still install fresh copy of Windows quite easily, using a bootable USB flash drive that can be created instantly with ...