Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

It used to be typical for every variation of Raspberry Pi to require booting from an SD or microSD card. It wasn't until the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B that the firmware received an update for booting ...

Universal USB Installer is a versatile ISO-to-USB tool that builds bootable Linux, Windows, and multiboot diagnostic flash drives with ease. The Universal USB Installer (UUI) is a powerful bootable ...

Tech expert ThioJoe presents four USB boot drives everyone should make before it’s too late. Carney budget to focus on taxes, shift from Trudeau era Hegseth fires the Pentagon's top military planner ...

Rufus is a free, portable utility that creates bootable USB flash drives from ISO files. As of 2026, the latest version is Rufus 4.13 — and it’s faster and more capable than ever, with built-in ...

I have a FreeNAS that has generally been working ok. I was messing around with the hardware that led to instability from FreeNAS's point of view. Specifically, I did a fan mod on one of the redundant ...

First off, a little context. I'm a 30+ year Mac user and I just bought my first PC in decades. I'm no stranger to Windows and Linux, but haven't used them as a desktop OS for about 15 years. My ...

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Give old USB flash drives a new purpose by creating recovery media, storing offline music, securing files and building a ...

Running Windows completely off of a USB flash drive is quite handy if you want to try a newer or older version of Windows without affecting your current system. The USB drive can also serve as a ...

Tech pro ThioJoe outlines four essential USB boot drives every user should prepare in advance for different system recovery scenarios. Trump calls on Ilhan Omar to resign after birth name report A ...