You notice something's wrong with your PC: It's gotten sluggish or something isn't even working: We'll show you how easy it is to restore it to an earlier working condition. I've been testing PC and ...

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When your business computer is having difficulty with the Windows operating system, your first instinct might be to call for a technician. However, by booting your computer into a recovery mode, you ...

On call to mum and dad? First point of contact whenever a friend's PC dies? Here are some things that you should always have strapped to your utility belt. Craig Simms Special to CNET News Craig was ...

Microsoft Windows has system recovery options available through an advanced startup menu. When powering on the computer, you can enter the startup menu and select the system recovery options you need.

My column last week on Vista's new backup and restore options generated a frustrated e-mail today from reader Al Degutis of Professional Insight. Degutis is getting a restoration hangover while trying ...

Disk Recovery will then prompt you to scan your computer, which will then find a variety of errors that it states it cannot fix until you purchase the program. When you use the so-called defragment ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

Windows XP Recovery will then prompt you to scan your computer, which will then find a variety of errors that it states it cannot fix until you purchase the program. When you use the so-called ...