Q. I use Windows 10 on a Dell laptop and repeatedly get a notification from Dell Backup and Recovery asking me to update my recovery media. I dismiss it by selecting 'do not remind me,' but the notice ...

Lenovo in February admitted to preloading Superfish on some consumer notebooks, and now the company has taken steps so the dangerous adware doesn’t reappear when users reinstall Windows. The ...

It is always advisable to create recovery media when installing a new operating system or upgrading the existing one. In the event of a system failure, you can always boot the computer with the ...

Reader Larry wrote me regarding his new Asus machine, which came without any kind of recovery disks (which would be used to restore Windows in the event of a major system meltdown). That’s not ...