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.

Q: I presently use an external hard drive to backup important items from my PC. This requires manually saving the files to the external drive. I understand you refrain from recommending specific ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

Imagine your documents, photos, videos, and other files are gone forever by sudden system crashes or storage device failures. Quite scary, right? However, to prevent this from happening, Microsoft has ...

At present, there are only a small number of backup and restore options for Copilot+ PCs running ARM64 Snapdragon X CPUs. On June 18, 2024, the first round of Copilot+ PCs arrived, including offerings ...

ZDNET's Key Takeaways Microsoft automatically turns on OneDrive Backup in new Windows 11 installations.Your files aren't ...