Restoring a Windows XP computer from the command prompt eliminates the need to boot from a CD or floppy disk. To use the command prompt for the restoration, you must access it in Safe Mode during ...

In addition to the recovery tools available in Win2K, Windows XP includes yet another feature known as Automated System Recovery (ASR). If Safe Mode Option and Last Known Good aren’t sufficient to do ...

Maybe your PC won’t boot. Or it could be infected with some kind of persistent malware. Perhaps Windows puts up a Blue Screen of Death every time you type the word aardvark. No matter what kind of ...

With the addition of several business-friendly features and vast improvements in speed and reliability, Windows XP played a major role in transforming the home PC into a trusted ally of small business ...

If your Windows PC does not boot, crashes, or you simply want to clean it up, you may be interested in restoring its factory settings. If you do not have the Windows CD/DVD to format, reinstall, and ...

On my self-built computers I backup, bomb the HD and reinstall Win rather easily. I've resisted the urge to do so on my Inspiron 6000 because...well mainly because I'm a chicken when it comes to ...

Getting the Recovery Discs for my X31 was a nightmare (and still unsuccessful, even after paying them the money). First time the sent me a stack of discs, 1 or 2 of which were unreadable (these were ...