Windows only: Freeware application CD Recovery Toolbox finds and retrieves files on scratched or otherwise damaged CDs and DVDs. Under normal circumstances, a badly scratched disc might show up as ...

A bootable CD-ROM or DVD-ROM that contains the original installation of the OS and applications for a particular computer. When booted, a recovery program (recovery console) returns the computer to ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion.] Apple this week released a free utility called Lion Recovery Disk Assistant that provides an easy ...

I’ve reviewed many of the best data recovery apps and found that EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and Disk Drill have the most reliable file restoration capabilities, while offering a simplicity that make ...

When Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduced full disk encryption, called FileVault 2, it was a huge improvement over the original FileVault, which only encrypts a user’s home folder. And because of the ...

Apple has released a Lion Recovery Disk Assistant with which you can create a recovery partition on a physical storage device; here's how. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is ...

Q. I am currently using Windows 98SE with the GoBack Deluxe v3.1 utility installed which lets me restore my computer if something gets lost. I am getting a new computer with Windows XP Professional ...

Most new computers purchased from big manufacturers in recent years come with a "System Restore" disk, rather than an actual copy of Windows. I've never liked using the default load that comes on a ...

Your computer's hard drive stores important files, programs and data that your business can't do without. When programs won't launch or Windows stops responding, restarting the computer or running an ...