Ars Technica

Installing OS X to FW 800 drive and using most of internal drive for Windows

I'd personally say switch the OS X side to the FW 800 drive and then use the whole internal drive for Windows, or at the most leave a vestigial 10 GB partition for OS X if an install of it has to be ...
CNET

Installing OS X with a broken optical drive

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...
Macworld

How to make a bootable Lion install disc or drive

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...
Ars Technica

Booting a UEFI system from an external USB drive

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 ...
Macworld

Create a bootable Lion install drive for newer Macs

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...