I have a laptop running a fully licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. For some reason, the boot partition has become corrupted. I didn't get a Windows 7 disc or a recovery disc with the install.

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

Create a system-repair disc, get a report card on your PC's health, analyze your machine's performance, add Web search to the Start menu, and improve the look of onscreen text with these built-in ...

Windows 7: If you run into a boot-up error with Windows 7 and don't have a recovery disc handy, you're usually in for some manic fiddling, or you're just out of luck ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...

If you own a MacBook Pro chances are pretty good that you’ve investigated something like the OptiBay which lets you replace your optical drive with a second hard disk. After I did a review of the ...

Reinstalling Windows is a long, grueling experience. Once you get the OS running you have to download updates, track down the right drivers, install your apps, and put everything else together.