First post on Ars Technica! I recently did a clean install of Windows XP Home on my newly built pc because the first install was wrought with impurities. Whenever I boot up I get a "Boot Disk Failure, ...

I'm trying to install Windows XP to my new SATA hard drive. After figuring out the whole F6 thing, I got it to start installing properly. After copying files and the first reboot, however, it tries to ...

Bootable hard drives. Creating a bootable hard drive in Mac OS X is not difficult, but is still a significant undertaking. The most common method is to boot from a Mac OS X Install disc, run the ...

Apple only sells OS X Mountain Lion as a digital download in the Mac App Store. The installer weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, but the good news is that you can install your copy of Mountain Lion on all ...