Dunno if this is a weird problem or I'm just an idiot.<BR><BR>Just did a fresh Win7 install on a new X25 80GB SSD with a USB drive, then found that the BIOS was set to IDE instead of AHCI. <BR><BR>I ...

Thanks to the flexibility of Linux, it's possible to run the OS directly from a USB drive, but is that the right approach? Here are the pros and cons.

Every Windows PC usually starts from the built-in hard drive, as the term “Windows PC” implies. This is because the Microsoft operating system is not anchored in or with the hardware, but is installed ...

I swear every time I try Linux .... Grrrrrr! Ubuntu 12.10 live cd. I'm simply trying to make a bootable USB thumb drive. That's it. First attempt: live cd boots okay, I insert my (fat32 formatted and ...