Having bootable media ready can be a real lifesaver when you need to do a clean installation of Windows. Thankfully, it's easy to set that up. There are two main ways to create bootable media for a ...

Windows XP and its successors have the ability to be rebooted by using a partition within the computer itself as opposed to using a separate CD. However, if you are having trouble starting up, are ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

While there are many valid fixes and patches to alleviate these problems (see, for example, my past TechBuilder Recipe, How to Speed Your Systems With msconfig), one stands apart as the one true fix ...

There are many reasons why a user might be looking to restore their PC to its factory default settings. Maybe they wish to delete everything on their PC for a fresh, clean start. Or, perhaps they want ...

Microsoft has done something awesome for the Windows nostalgic. Oct. 2, 2013 — -- The year was 1995. If you weren't busy watching the OJ Simpson trial or "Seinfeld," you might have been listening ...

If while performing a clean installation, Windows installation gets stuck on Getting files ready, the solutions provided here will help you. For some users, it takes a long time to get files ready for ...

Reinstalling Windows 10 or 11 over itself is an easy and surprisingly effective way to fix all kinds of problems with the OS. Here’s how. Sometimes a Windows installation simply goes off the rails.

To get the most from this Recipe, read Part One first. Also, you must have Linux running on a system before you can install Win4Lin. Assuming you've done both, let's jump in. The following is a rough ...

Use the following solutions to fix the error message Windows cannot install required files during Windows installation, with error codes 0x800701B1, 0x8007025D ...