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 ...

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 ...

Windows comes with a built-in repair environment called the Recovery Environment. Unfortunately, it is possible for the recovery environment to become inaccessible. The same tools can be accessed by ...

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 ...

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 ...

THERE’S A CERTAIN magical quality to the operating system that comes with some PCs. It’s there, but it’s not there. For several years now we’ve been airing reader gripes about the shortcomings of the ...

Are you getting the following message in Windows XP: C:\Windows\System32\Config\System is missing or corrupt? This indicates that the system registry hive is corrupted. In this article, we'll show you ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...