Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

Though Windows 8 makes it easier to back up your settings using the SkyDrive cloud storage service, it actually doesn’t automatically back up the files on your computer. Instead, you’ll need to back ...

You can instruct Windows 8 to restore the computer to its original state from within the operating system itself; you no longer need to boot to a recovery partition ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

Because Microsoft thinks it knows what’s best for users and apparently wants to confuse the living daylights out of them, Windows 8 has no Start button. I’ll just say that again so it sinks in: ...

If you want to turn on system restore, in the System Protection for Local Disk (C:) window, tick " Turn on system protection " and click OK to save the changes. Windows 8 Open the Settings menu by ...

The latest in a lineup of Start menu replacements for Windows 8, Pokki is a free, fluid tool for users who crave more than the new Start screen. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a ...

Microsoft Windows 7 comes with several built-in repair options to help if your computer stops working correctly. System Restore is one of those options, enabling you to return your machine to a ...

Windows 8 and 10 have ‘File History backup’, which can be found in Settings > Update & Security > Backup on a Windows computer. Once you’ve got your backup from your Windows PC, you’ll be able to ...