Windows Deployment Service (WDS) is a powerful tool that allows network-based installation of Windows OS to computers without needing physical media. This guide will walk us through installing and ...

Here's my essential Windows 11 update safety checklist, along with instructions on how to recover your PC if anything goes ...

Load up a USB drive with the right software, and you’ll have a complete toolkit to restart, troubleshoot, and repair Windows PCs. I’ve learned to keep a collection of useful Windows tools and repair ...

Have you ever wondered how OEMs deploy Windows 11/10 OS with their own set of apps and drivers? Or how does the recovery partition help you to reinstall everything as if the computer is brand new?

I have been trying to successfully image Windows 7 boxes using WinPE(4 or 5) and either DISM, ImageX, or GimageX? I have built Brian Jackson's WinPE4 and utils that incorporates GimageX. I can ...

Several days ago, we covered where to download a Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 ISO image file, but a common question is what do you do once the image is downloaded? The answer is make a bootable USB drive out ...

Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

Safe Mode lets Windows start with only essential drivers and services, allowing you to troubleshoot crashes, faulty drivers, ...

Secure Boot helps keep your computer safe by using trusted certificates in UEFI firmware. It checks bootloaders and prevents dangerous applications from running before Windows starts. Through Secure ...