If you use the Windows XP or ME operating systems there is a feature you need to know about that’s better than sliced bread. I call it “The Time Machine” but in reality Microsoft calls it “System ...

Microsoft offers an easy method to recover Windows devices when encountering fatal issues that prevent them from booting up – Quick Machine Recovery. It searches the cloud server for resolutions and ...

According to WinRumors, Windows 8 will introduce a feature similar to OS X’s Time Machine called History Vault. The feature will allow Windows 8 users to backup files and data automatically using the ...

QMR is Microsoft’s emerging tool to resurrect Windows after updates break bad. Here’s what it does and how to take it for a test drive. A noteworthy new feature is starting to make its way into ...

If Windows 11 fails to start due to a configuration change or a new driver, it boots into the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), launches the Quick Machine Recovery Tool, and connects to the ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...