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Universal USB Installer — because flash drives are cheap
FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT
By Deanna McElveen
In the immortal words of John Cleese, “And now for something completely different.”
You are here because you love Microsoft Windows (maybe “love” is too strong a word), but that doesn’t mean you can’t dabble in other operating systems.
Universal USB Installer is a free utility by Pen Drive Linux that allows you to easily download and create bootable flash drives for a gazillion operating systems and other bootable tools.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.29.0, 2023-07-17).
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“Please insert boot media … ” Uh-oh!
LANGALIST
By Fred Langa
It’s never good when your PC can’t find its startup files — or even its own hard drive!
But there’s almost always a way to get the PC back up and running. And some of the repairs take only minutes.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.35.0 (2020-09-07).
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