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 ...

Acer has posted a disc image on its FTP site with everything you need to restore an Acer Aspire One mini-laptop with Linpus Linux Lite to its factory default ...

The Gateway recovery disc restores your Gateway computer to the condition it was in when you first purchased it. Using this disc potentially saves your business time and money by quickly returning the ...

Like it or not, Windows 10 will occasionally fail or falter, to the point where it won’t run and won’t boot. That’s when it’s time to bring out a rescue or recovery tool often called a ...

In the April, 2010, issue of PC World, and back in December here at the old Hassle-Free PC Blog, I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step ...

Microsoft said Wednesday it is suing electrical retailer Comet Group over allegations that the firm created and sold more than 94,000 sets of counterfeit Windows recovery discs in the UK. The Redmond, ...

Security researcher David Emery (via ZDNET) claimed to have discovered a bug in Mac OS X 10.7.3 that stores login passwords in plain text. In a recent newsletter, he claimed someone—we are guessing an ...