If you ever find that some cataclysmic error prevents your Windows 7 computer from booting, you might be able to easily recover from catastrophe -- but only if you ...

I would say all computer users must have a rescue disk. You don’t know when you will need it. One day or the other, you might end up in a situation where your Windows computer won’t boot! Nowadays, ...

Did Santa (or perhaps Chanu-klaus) bring you a new PC this year? That’s great! You must have been a good little user. While I’m sure you’re eager to start using the new system, it’s worth taking a ...

Like it or not, Windows 10 will occasionally fail or falter, to the point where it won’t run and won’t boot. That’s when it’s time to bring out a rescue or recovery tool often called a ...

Create a system-repair disc, get a report card on your PC's health, analyze your machine's performance, add Web search to the Start menu, and improve the look of onscreen text with these built-in ...

Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start. A recovery drive is the same as a startup repair ...

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

Windows can and will crash — and after it does it may not boot normally. To be prepared for worst-case scenarios, learn how to create a bootable recovery partition on your system drive. From time to ...