Essentially, a Recovery Drive stores a copy of your Windows 11/10 environment without your personal files and desktop applications on another source, such as a DVD or USB drive. So in the event your ...

When Microsoft first released Windows 10, they gave customers who were running certain editions of Windows a one year window within which they could upgrade to Windows 10 for free. In most cases, ...

This article is for people whose Macs came preinstalled with Mavericks. If you can download the Mavericks installer from the Mac App Store, you should instead use our standard instructions for ...

K eeping a Linux recovery drive is a wise approach because you can use it to access the disk files or reinstall the OS if ...

[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).] ...

I've got a Windows Home Server (HP Mediasmart EX485) that had been acting a little flaky, and then a week or so ago it refused to complete booting altogether. I'm finally getting around to diagnosing ...

But with the advent of the tiny, lightweight, and portable USB key drive, system builders now have a new tool. I believe the USB key drive could alter—even usurp—our old rescue and ...

When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

Rescue an ailing system: Launch Windows 10 Startup Repair from the Recovery Drive Your email has been sent Using the Startup Repair tool from the Recovery Drive can help you get a problematic Windows ...