Making a full system image backup preserves not only your files, but Windows and all its settings as well. Here are the best free Windows backup and recovery tools with step-by-step instructions. When ...

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.

Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

The worst-case scenario has befallen even the most careful computer user: a coffee mug spills on your laptop or an update wipes all your files and photos. Despite your best effort, accidents happen.

How to create backup on Windows 11 The Backup and Restore feature lets you create a system image of the entire system and files to an external hard drive or network folder location. However, this ...

Data safety has come a long way. From somewhat unreliable hard disks to today's mix of reliable SSDs and cloud-backed storage options, your data is safer than ever. Windows has become more reliable ...

System Protection by default can delete System Restore Points that are local shadow copies. A System Image Restore Point is described as a type ‘Backup’ and is not a shadow copy – it is Metadata that ...

Follow these solutions to fix Error 0x80042414, The system Image Restore Failed, and Windows did not find any disk in Windows 11/10. Disable RAID in your BIOS (if ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...

Microsoft is getting more aggressive about insisting that you use its OneDrive cloud for your Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 files. If you'd prefer to keep those files out of the cloud, follow these ...