Wiping your computer's hard drive is a somewhat drastic yet highly effective measure to restore your computer to peak operating efficiency. Freshly installed operating systems often perform better ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

This article shows you how to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 on a computer using a USB flash drive. This lets you install Windows on a netbook or another computer that may ...

Restoring a Windows XP computer from the command prompt eliminates the need to boot from a CD or floppy disk. To use the command prompt for the restoration, you must access it in Safe Mode during ...

My Thinkpad broke while I was abroad, and now I'm back. I fixed the problem, a broken hard drive, by buying a new one. However, prior to the hard drive crashing, the CD-Rom drive broke. Unfortunately, ...

I am not sure whether this is better suited here, or in the other MS subforum.<BR><BR>I am dealing with a Vaio desktop (*sigh*) that now will not boot. There is an OEM-installed RAID 0 in place, and ...

If you’re installing a new hard drive, or need to wipe your drive clean for that “fresh” feeling, you’ll end up formatting your drive. Formatting will check the drive for errors, and prepare it for ...

Making sure that your personal information is safely and securely erased from devices that you are no longer using is a good thing. Here's a quick guide to securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid ...

A laptop is a place where we store all the important information both personal and company-related sensitive documents. If god forbid, a laptop goes missing or is stolen anytime; we cannot afford to ...