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 ...

For some Windows problems, a clean install is the quickest solution. If your system drive fails completely and you don't have a current backup image, it's the only solution. Accomplishing that task ...

Creating a Windows system image can be a very useful way to back up your system and a good way to migrate to a new storage drive. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an ...

You know you’ve got a serious PC problem when your computer refuses to get through even the first phase of startup properly. If you can't get into Windows or macOS at all, then your troubleshooting ...

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 ...

The subject says it all, basically. I picked up a used Acer Icona W510 for garage/car computer duties (diagnostics, etc) and occasional tablet use. Got it for a song. Configuring it now. Went to ...

USB flash drives are portable data storage options that allow users to store and move files between computers and other devices. Unintentional deletions, virus assaults, formatting errors, or system ...

Q: How do I uninstall Windows 8.1 from my laptop? A: I think Windows 8.1 is a pretty good operating-system update. But it's also an operating-system update — meaning that it can get tripped up by ...