The computer didn't come with a restore disk, so I resorted to downloading one from BitTorrent. After all, whether or not the operating system disk is legitimate, I have a valid serial number. However ...

I decided to upgrade from a Crucial 128 GB m4 SSD (from about 2012) to a 256GB m550 (they were on sale last week), and wanted to clone my current installation (Win7 SP1 Pro) to the new drive using ...

Migrate your OS to an SSD for faster performance and reliability. Learn step-by-step methods to clone or reinstall Windows safely without data loss.

Having a secondary boot volume is almost a necessity for troubleshooting some problems with Macs. Here are some options for creating boot disks. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has ...

Sometimes installing OS X may result in odd behavior if the partition scheme on the drive is not set up properly. If you are experiencing problems, a simple repartition during setup may be an easy fix ...

Then I cover problems that can occur during the boot process and show you how to use you new knowledge to troubleshoot those problems. The Initial Turn-on POST, Power On Self Test, is what every ...

A missing boot disk error, which means the computer doesn't know where to get the information it needs to start up, could mean you have a crashed hard drive (trouble), but it may also mean you have ...

OS X’s Disk Utility—which enables you to format, partition, repair, and perform other kinds of maintenance on disks (including SSDs, flash drives, and disk images)—is good for what it does. Yet for ...