CRN

The Only True Fix for Windows

While there are many valid fixes and patches to alleviate these problems (see, for example, my past TechBuilder Recipe, How to Speed Your Systems With msconfig), one stands apart as the one true fix ...
CNET

Boot Camp (#6): Using a Windows XP upgrade CD; More on slipstreaming a Windows XP SP2 disc; Use of Control-Alt-Delete; more

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...
Ars Technica

How do I install WinXP to SATA without a floppy?

So I'm upgrading my hard drives from IDE to SATA and want to do a fresh install of Windows XP on the SATA hard drive.<BR><BR>Boot from the XP installation disk, and it doesn't recognize my SATA ...
Ars Technica

Use Boot Camp Assistant to create Windows partition w/o installing Windows?

I had an old 500 GB HDD that I'd partitioned into an OS X partition and Win7 partition. I bought a new 750 GB HDD to put in the main drive bay of my MBP and an OptiBay to hold my old HDD. My desired ...
PC Magazine

Windows Options Cabs

Starting in the late 1990s when hard disk capacities grew beyond several gigabytes, it became customary for the PC vendor to copy the entire Windows installation CD-ROM onto the hard disk in the ...