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.

QMR is Microsoft’s emerging tool to resurrect Windows after updates break bad. Here’s what it does and how to take it for a test drive. A noteworthy new feature is starting to make its way into ...

Microsoft has announced several new recovery tools and features coming to Windows 11 that are designed to help users bring a PC back to a working state in the event of catastrophic failure. The ...

Did you just change your computer’s hardware and hope to regain your free Windows 11/10 license? Planning to change your Windows 11/10 computer’s Motherboard, Hard Drive, Processor, or GPU, or ...

Microsoft is expanding the toolbox of recovery options for Windows 11. After recently adding the ability to reinstall Windows via Windows Update—at least in version 24H2—the company is now introducing ...

Windows 10 offers two ways to create a Recovery Drive: on a USB flash drive and on an optical disc. This walk-through demonstrates both methods. A Recovery Drive lets you boot your system and easily ...

There's one immutable law of PCs: sh*t happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to fix things, if you had the foresight to create one essential recovery tool first. Booting from a USB recovery ...