IF YOUR Windows 10 machine is running smoothly, it's the perfect time to great your own recovery or backup drive – just in case something goes wrong. Windows 10 is a resounding success – and now ...

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, ...

Reader Larry wrote me regarding his new Asus machine, which came without any kind of recovery disks (which would be used to restore Windows in the event of a major system meltdown). That’s not ...

Whenever Windows 7 had problems, you could just insert your Windows 7 installation CD and run its recovery tools. Most Windows 8 users, however, don't have an installation CD. Here's how to make a ...

How to create the recovery partition? Right-click on the Windows icon on the taskbar. Select Disk Management, and the Disk Management menu will open. Select your primary partition on the upper part of ...

The Recovery Partition does not have a drive letter. Therefore, it is not visible in the File Explorer. You can view it in the Disk Management app. However, some users found the Recovery Partition ...

One of the handier features of Windows 8/8.1/RT has been the ability to refresh the installation or wipe the installation clean without having to rummage around for installation media. This has been ...

A major feature that debuted in Lion (OS X 10.7) and continues in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is one I hope you’ll never need to use: recovery mode, officially called OS X Recovery. (It was called Lion ...