Microsoft’s latest trick: fixing your PC before you can Google “how to fix my PC. Here's how Quick Machine Recovery works.

A spare PC saved my data, but an inexpensive NVMe-to-USB enclosure would have done the exact same job. Whether it's another ...

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Back in the old days of 2010, I used to walk into my home office in the morning, hit the power button on my production system, and then head back upstairs to have breakfast. By the time I returned to ...

The release targets the Windows Recovery Environment and plays a major role in how systems recover from boot failures.

When your Windows 11 system gets stuck on the Gigabyte logo during boot, it typically indicates a failure in the boot process before the operating system can fully load. This can result from hardware ...

3 Windows OS Loader %SystemRoot%\system32\winload.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\winload.efi 4 Windows NT OS Kernel %SystemRoot%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe When you hit the ...

Windows 11 hasn't seen the growth numbers Microsoft was probably hoping it would, but it still makes up nearly 20% of Windows installs, according to AdDuplex. Although there have been a lot of ...

TL;DR Introduction  It’s more common than you might think to miss built-in defences. Windows has a lot of features that help ...

Whether you’re being forced to reboot your PC after an essential update or the boot process is moving at a snail’s pace, sometimes Windows can be very disruptive to your workflow. If you’re looking to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A high-rated security vulnerability in the Secure Boot ...