While fans of different operating systems might debate which is the most stable, reliable, flexible, or user-friendly, there's one inarguable point: Every machine – regardless of the OS – can run into issues.
And while users historically would pop a boot media disk into their DVD or CD drive, many computers no longer come with optical disk drives. As a result, booting from USB media is becoming the standard. How you start that rescue media can vary depending on your operating system, but a few general guidelines can help get your machine started. So if your system is unstable, you need to run a diagnostic tool on the hard drive, or you want to load a Linux desktop just to see what it's all about, let's look at how you start your machine via rescue USB boot media. ...read more!
