Booting from a OS CD or USB stick runs your computer without a hard drive, allowing you to format prior to installation.

After word leaked that Midori would be Microsoft's next, all-new OS, Doug asked readers whether Microsoft building an OS from scratch is a good idea. Most of you said yes: Absolutely! When you're ...

Before the Red Dog operating system or the larger Azure stack was even a gleam in anyone's eye, Corporate Vice President Amitabh Srivastava had the opportunity to do almost anything he wanted. He ...