If you're ready to replace your old PC and hand it down to a friend or family member, you'll need to wipe your data and reset it. Follow these instructions to make sure you do it the right way.

Among Windows experts, a clean install is a time-honored ritual, a way to wipe out accumulated cruft and restore an old PC to new life. You can find plenty of ...

Wiping your hard drive prior to reinstalling Windows 7 is the preferred installation method, and ensures optimal performance. You may perform a clean installation ...

After prolonged use or after installing Windows 10 updates, third-party apps, drivers, or antivirus software, it is not uncommon for your computer to start performing poorly. To help with this, ...

Sometimes, the best way to fix deep-seated Windows issues is to burn everything to the ground and start from scratch. Reinstalling Windows refreshes the operating system, which gets rid of most ...

In this post, we will talk about the Cloud Reset option in Windows 11/10. Windows 11/10 offers to reinstall or reset Windows OS using the Recovery method right from within the OS. It does not need to ...

PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including "free trials" of software like Norton AntiVirus on new devices.