Windows comes with a built-in repair environment called the Recovery Environment. Unfortunately, it is possible for the recovery environment to become inaccessible. The same tools can be accessed by ...

In the April, 2010, issue of PC World, and back in December here at the old Hassle-Free PC Blog, I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step ...

There are some situations where you'll wish you had one.

Apple has released a tool that allows you to create a Lion recovery drive in similar ways to the current drive. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

My T61 came with Vista, but I did a clean slate XP SP2 install from my own copy.<br><br>After spending 8 hours, I have finally got all the drivers working. Now, before I go on intalling any ...

For those who are unable to use the web-based recovery tool for OS X Lion, Apple has released a new Mac application that allows users to create their own OS X Lion recovery/installation external ...

I want to use this to backup my 2 x 80GB internal disks. NSR2.0 was downloaded from the net. It was easy to install it and create my first backup. My next incremental backup is scheduled in a few days ...

The Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 each come in different storage capacities. The Surface 2 can be purchased as a 32GB or 64GB model. The Surface Pro 2 can be purchased in sizes ranging from ...