There are some situations where Windows users need to downgrade their operating system from later version to earlier one. The downgrading may be performed due to incompatibility with some applications or the sluggish operation. But sometimes downgrading to the lower version may cause several operational problems with your computer and results into file loss and [...]
You can easily remove files from a Windows hard drive partition to free up disk space and use it for storing other files. You can do it by simply removing the file using Shift + Delete key combination or by emptying the Recycle Bin folder. However, if the partition is corrupted or its file system [...]
Since the release of Windows 7, Microsoft has received many reports on data loss problems. Though the operating system has been designed with the fixes of most of the earlier existing problems, there are still some issues, which are unfixed and unresolved and can corrupt or delete your partition(s). Thus, a Windows 7 user needs [...]
Microsoft Windows XP operating system uses a number of system files and data structures to work effectively. All the files and data structures work together to keep your operating system functional. However, in some situations, the critical system files of Windows operating system may get damaged or deleted. In such cases, the computer system cannot [...]
Is your Windows computer unbootable? Do you encounter boot errors while trying to boot your system in normal way? This behavior may occur due to corruption to the operating system or boot files of your Microsoft Windows computer. In such situations, a recovery disk may help you to fix all the boot problems of your [...]
Microsoft Windows Vista is a popular version of Windows operating system, developed and marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Windows Vista is available in various versions, to be used on desktops, laptops, media center PCs, and tablet PCs. It provides various advantages over its predecessor Microsoft Windows XP. The operating system includes advanced security features and rich [...]
When your Windows operating system-based computer boots up, two dynamically sized pools are created by Memory Manager. These memory pools are used by kernel-mode components for allocating system memory. The pools are called NonPaged Pool and Paged Pool. Both these pools begin at initial size, which is based on the amount of the physical memory [...]
A Microsoft Windows Vista computer can often run into problems that might prevent it from booting. Most of such problems can be resolved by running ‘Startup Repair’ tool, which can be accessed using Windows Recovery Environment. But if these issues cannot be solved using general repair tools, one needs to reinstall Windows. This deletes primary [...]
Most of the computer operating systems allow you to divide your hard drive into several partitions, in effect to split one physical disk into many logical drives. Your may need to split hard drive into several partitions for organizing your data more effectively.
On Microsoft Windows computer, this is very common to install operating system [...]
In Microsoft Windows Vista, you can prevent unauthorized access of your confidential and private data by encrypting the information, using EFS (Encrypted File System). EFS is a file system filter in Microsoft Windows operating system for protecting your valuable data from hackers with the physical access to your computer. However, in sometimes, you may face [...]