If you have to use a flash drive on both Macs and Windows PCs, make sure both systems can read it. Here's how to format the drive correctly. While there is a lot of interoperability between Apple's ...

When you think of a USB flash drive, you probably only see it as a portable device for storing and transferring files between computers. USB drives are perfect for this since they're affordable, easy ...

For those looking for the ultimate in portability and security in their computing, there's the option of running a system straight from a USB drive you can carry around in your pocket. Plug this into ...

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A lot of gamers go to great lengths to find a portable retro gaming device with the lightest and most compact kit. The Linux powered Raspberry Pi 5 does a decent job on that front. But what many ...

There's one immutable law of PCs: sh*t happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to fix things, if you had the foresight to create one essential recovery tool first. Booting from a USB recovery ...