When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

Here’s an interesting little tidbit we didn’t notice until just now: Apple boots those new MacBook Pros into 64-bit Snow Leopard rather than 32-bit, like every other Mac out there save the Mac Pro ...

There are several common ways people can verify file system integrity in OS X, including booting to Safe Mode, using Disk Utility, or running the 'fsck' tool. These options have had some people ...

Your Windows 11/10 PC won't boot? It's scary, but don't despair. There are a myriad of fixes out there. The only trick is knowing which one to use. Safe Mode is an alternative boot scheme that starts ...

Disc stuck in the drive Check to see if this is the case - if so, remove the disc (s) and try again Incorrect boot sequence Enter the BIOS setup of your computer and edit the boot sequence so that the ...

I'm afraid I've messed up my son's portable PC by trying to install Linux alongside Windows 8.1. I've set up many dual-boots in the past, but it turns out this new UEFI hardware is much trickier.

If the current developer seed (build 10A432) of Snow Leopard is indeed the Golden Master version (as has been highly rumored) only Xserves will be able to boot into 64-bit version of Mac OS 10.6 by ...

The Windows XP installation CD-ROM includes recovery options on it. When booting from the CD-ROM you can access the recovery console to repair corrupted boot files and scan the hard drive for any ...

Apple's dual-boot environment for Windows now fully supports 64-bit versions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since ...

Apple has started quietly shipping 64-bit Windows Vista drivers (for Boot Camp) with the install disks of the latest Mac Pros which were just released earlier this month. The installation instructions ...