Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start. A recovery drive is the same as a startup repair ...

One beef against Microsoft’s Surface devices is that they have less usable disk space than the advertised disk size would indicate, but there is a relatively easy way to free up as much 7GB of disk ...

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 ...

Microsoft Surface comes with Windows recovery options that allow you to Refresh or Reset the Surface device to its factory condition. If you face any issues while using Surface, use these built-in ...

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 ...

But the cleanup effort continues. Microsoft estimates that around 8.5 million Windows systems were affected by the issue, which involved a buggy .sys file that was automatically pushed to Windows PCs ...

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 ...