When you’re troubleshooting your computer or installing a new operating system, you may need to “boot from a disc” or USB device (like an external hard drive or flash drive). Here’s what ...

Did you know you can make virtual disks on Windows? It’s a cool and underused feature that has been available in the OS since Windows 8. Perhaps you have seen files on your system with the VHD or VHDX ...

Performing a regular disk-cleaning regimen frees up precious storage space and helps keep Windows 10 or 11 operating smoothly. Follow some or all of these steps to get yourself a lean, clean machine.

The RAM disk will be wiped every time your PC powers down, but if you’re storing only temporary files on it, that’s hardly a major loss. Alternatively, ...

To use a Floppy Disk Drive on a Windows 11/10 laptop or desktop computer, you can download the Driver or create a Virtual Floppy Disk using these free tools.

How to Rip CDs With Windows 11’s Updated Media Player App. For most readers, this section will only be of interest once Microsoft adds CD ripping to the released version of the OS.

It looks like the concept never went any further than this CD-R (not that it's easy to search for information on a game with no name) but I'm grateful for its existence. Thank you for a fun day ...

Disk encryption is absolute magic to most non-mathematicians. And like any complex technology, it leads to uncomfortable questions. Does encrypting a disk make it less likely that data can be ...