Rufus is a popular software used to create bootable USB flash drivers to install Windows or another operating system on a computer. It is a free and open-source utility.

Not a problem. While Microsoft has only released a disc image of Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can use the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool to install Windows 8 without a disc drive.

In the olden days, back when we were stuck with Windows XP and its blue-screen install process, making custom install discs—recordable CDs in those days, none of this fancy-pants flash stuff ...

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. In part four of our "What to do with your USB flash drive" series, we'll show you how to configure your ...

His app automates the process of making a bootable install disk for both Lion and Mountain Lion—just run the app and let it do its thing.

What do you use your USB flash drive for? How about maintaining a Windows computer? Parted Magic is a nifty partitioning tool that also includes a suite of other useful utilities.

A free utility tweaks the Windows ISO image file, thus letting you install whatever version matches your product key.

If you do a clean install using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, you should be fine—but if you've already formatted your drive or you're moving to a new drive, you can't do a "clean install ...