Sometimes Apple... does not make things easy. I am trying to update my Macbook (3,1) to Lion while also adding a new larger hard drive scavenged from a now dead PC. I downloaded Lion using the PC and ...

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I am trying to (re-) install Windows 10 Preview on my HP Stream 11 laptop, and somehow I am unable to make the machine boot from USB. I have created the Win10 USB stick using both the Microsoft ...

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I switch between computers a lot, so I use a persistent Linux USB that keeps my workspace consistent anywhere.

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Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...