If you ever need to restore the entire contents of an OS X Lion startup drive, or just perform a reinstall of the OS, you’ll find that there are numerous ways to accomplish these tasks. In fact, there ...

Is a clean install your go-to for stubborn Windows issues? Think again. There are ample recovery options right at your ...

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 ...

Lenovo in February admitted to preloading Superfish on some consumer notebooks, and now the company has taken steps so the dangerous adware doesn’t reappear when users reinstall Windows. The ...

Apple has seeded OS X El Capitan Recovery Update Version 2.0 for Mac that includes improvements to OS X Recovery. The software update can be installed through the Mac App Store and is recommended for ...

Unfortunately, Mac does not provide a system restore option like its Windows counterpart. However, if you are using Mac OS X as well as an external drive or AirPort Time Capsule, a built-in back up ...

Both Windows 11/10 Reset and System Restore have internal steps. Some are very crucial, and if not completed (or interrupted), can lead to system corruption, boot issues, data loss, and an unusable ...

If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

I have a Lenovo Y400-300A, which stores its factory settings Windows XP backup on an image within the HDD's hidden partition. I suppose this is not unusual method of recovery system? <BR><BR>Anyway, I ...

Here is how to perform a Point-in-time restore on a Windows 11 PC to restore your PC to its exact state at an earlier point ...

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