How to Create a Bootable USB Pen Drive with Windows XP, Vista / 7
No doubt that files can be transferred via pen drives but what if the need arises to reinstall the Operating System in case of a system crash or if the requirement is to install the new Windows 7? What then? How would it be if you upgrade or re-install your Windows OS via a flash […]
How to Check Pen / Flash Drives & Memory Cards for Errors
The SD cards you used in your camera or or thumb drives may be defective and it will not be possible to read some of the files. To ensure all your flash memory devices are working fine, You can conduct a thorough test using Check Flash, a free utility that can be used to test […]
How to Install Windows XP from a USB Flash Drive
What do you do when there is no optical drive in your PC or Laptop and you want to install a Windows XP on it? You can use a USB drive to do the same. Here is a detailed step by step procedure to install Windows XP from a USB Flash Drive in your computer. […]
Pen / Flash Drive showing Less Memory [Troubleshoot]
Sometimes the pen drives or flash drives show less memory than their original capacity. I recently saw a 512 MB pen drive which shows a total memory of 495 MB. Where is the rest of the memory on the drive? Is there a fault with the pen drive? Here are the answers.. This is not […]
How to Make Ready Boost Default in Vista
Ready Boost is a disk caching technology that kicks in when you attach USB flash drives. This optimizes your system performance and is should be automatically switched on if you’re short on system memory and want to use a flash drive. However, no software is that intelligent, and in some cases this feature is not […]
How To Lock Your Computer With USB Drive
Tired of people starting your computer when you are not around and messing up custom settings? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could lock your computer by just removing your USB stick from it? I’ll show you how you can use your USB stick, Flash Drive or Pen Drive what ever you call it to lock […]
Boot Into XP Using A USB Flash Drive!
Booting into Windows XP can be done through USB drive. This can be useful if you are getting any booting errors and also if you don’t have that bootable cd or cd drive available. This involves a simple process which will copy down the files required for booting into the USB drive and then operating […]