Windows 8 has gotten lots of buzz, and plenty of criticism, for its attempt to shake up your PC’s operating system. With so many big changes, you may want to keep your old Windows 7 OS on your machine ...

A dual-boot setup enables us to run various operating systems without the need for additional hardware, on a single set of hardware, thus reducing total cost. We have already discussed how to dual ...

Boot Camp isn’t exactly a feature that’s new to Mac OS X: If you want to install Windows 8 on a Mac, for example, you’ll have to lean on the software. but perhaps you’ve only recently introduced ...

Today, Windows 11 is widely available on all kinds of PCs, and it packs a lot of improvements from previous releases. From cutting-edge desktops to versatile convertible laptops, you're more likely to ...

Before we get into the meatier sections of our dive into SteamOS, let’s first ask: What is it, exactly? It’s a Linux-based—more specifically, Debian-based—operating system that, in a nutshell, ...

Apple has unveiled the Developer Preview version of its newest desktop operating system, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, at the recently held Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Meanwhile, ...

The whole purpose of dual-booting is to choose which OS you want to boot into. Traditionally, this is done in a clunky way, ...

Although you may not be jumping for joy at this fact, I’ll wager you’re at least a little curious. Could the new OS make your computing life any better? Is the new interface a boon, or more of a ...

All this messing around with partitions and boot blocks can cause problems. So it's worth remembering that even if things look bad, there is usually something you can do to recover lost data. If you ...

The Mac OS X v10.11 El Capitan currently being in the beta stage, it is recommended that a new partition is installed and the new OS X booted alongside the OS X Yosemite or Mavericks, rather than it ...