Sorry for the convoluted title. I came into possession of a laptop that I want to install a copy of vista 64 on. It should work with all the hardware and software. In case it does not I would like to ...

Some operating system issues might require IT to rebuild or restore the OS, so knowing how to build and use a bootable recovery partition is vital. In Windows ...

A blog for IT professionals who work with Windows on large networks. Found myself on an odd track this morning. I started playing with reagentc and diskpart at the command line. Next thing you know, I ...

I'm upgrading a Win 8.1 laptop's SSD (Samsung Ativ Book 9) to a new 2TB drive for a family member, and I have a question about which, if any, recovery partitions I should copy over, or just allow ...

When Windows won’t boot up, it can be a disturbing experience. But that moment passes quickly, and you must decide how to get past this (hopefully) temporary hiccup. Fortunately, there are plenty of ...