A recovery USB drive is a separate, portable flash drive that your computer can use instead of your main hard drive to start up from.

How to create a macOS Monterey USB Install drive for quick and easy installations of Apple's latest operating system for Mac.

Is your Mac about to crash? Here's how to create a bootable USB flash drive with a working version of macOS, so you can access your hard drive in the event of a glitch.

Though you can install Mountain Lion directly from your Mac's hard drive, a bootable installer drive can be more convenient for installing the OS onto multiple Macs. And if your Mac is ...

How to make a bootable USB drive If you're trying to install a new operating system or flash your BIOS, you're going to need a bootable USB drive - here's how to make one.

If your PC is operating perfectly right now, great! But getting ahead of any future PC fiascos with a recovery drive may save you from a major tech-induced headache later.

The ability to make a recovery disk or USB drive is one of the most useful troubleshooting tools included with Windows 10.