Ars Technica

How to get clean Vista install disk with laptop?

I'm looking at entering the mobile computing world soon by finally getting a laptop. Specifically I'm looking at the Sony VAIO SZ series. While these laptops come with Vista Business, they only ...
Cult of Mac

How to Make a Bootable Install Disk of Mac OS X Lion

Apple has released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $30. Separately, Apple will also begin offering Lion on a USB thumb drive in Apple stores come August. Right now, you can grab Lion from the ...
Ars Technica

How to create a bootable, backup Mountain Lion install disk

Happy Mountain Lion Day! Now that you have downloaded the 4.34GB installer, you may want to install Mountain Lion on more than one of your personal machines. Do you really need to wait 45 minutes or ...
PC World

Install any version of Windows using any Windows disc you can find

Reader Chris needs to reinstall Windows 7 Home Basic on his laptop. Just one problem: he lost his recovery discs. A more common problem is when you need to reinstall Windows and you never had recovery ...
Wired

MacBook Air Requires Custom Install Disc

If you were thinking that you might be able to somehow hack your MacBook to run the MacBook Air's fancy multi touch features, think again. Apple is shipping a custom install disc with the MacBook Air ...