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For all your PC users out there experiencing problems with your Windows XP operating system, this article may be for you. If you are experiencing slow performance, .dll errors, and occasional...

If you are installing or reinstalling Windows XP, you will want to do so on a clean hard drive. Reformatting your hard drive is actually part of installing your new Operating System (OS). You...

If you need to access the command line inside of your Windows XP computer, there are two ways to do it. One way assumes that your computer is working properly, while the other assumes that your...

Booting from a CDROM is used in emergency situations when the boot sector of the hard drive has failed or when the user wants to install a new operating system. The Windows CDs drives are all boot...

The Windows Bootloader is used by the Windows operating system to select which operating systems should start at system boot. Windows Bootloader is installed directly onto the motherboard. If the...

At one time or another, nearly everyone has made a change to their computer that caused a horrible problem. Perhaps your computer crashed during an update, or you installed a new driver hoping...

In order for Windows 2000 to boot, it must successfully complete the following stages: Initial, Boot loader, Kernel, and Logon. Problems that occur during one of these stages will either cause...

A start-up or bootable disk (diskette) allows you to start your computer if the operating system cannot be booted from your hard drive because of corrupted system files or a physical hard-drive...

Do you have a Dell laptop that came with Microsoft Vista? Do you hate Vista enough to want to get rid of it? Or you have to reformat your entire computer due to a virus and would like XP...

Forget your password and you'll feel very much locked-out of your Windows XP Professional computer. All of your data and information is inaccessible to you, and your computer is largely useless to...

Is Windows Starter just not cutting it? Even with the 3-app limit removed, the lack of personalization and Aero just makes the interface a tad too useless? According to various forums, you're not...

Installing Windows 98 can be a challenge on a laptop that is unable to boot from the optical drive. Although the Windows 98 CD is designed to be bootable, it requires the support of the computer...

Most computer motherboards built since the late 1990s have the ability to boot from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. However, a few can only boot from the hard drive or floppy drive, which creates a...

You don't need a boot disc to restart Windows. As long as Windows is installed, you can restart your computer at any time, shutting down Windows and then rebooting it. if you need to reinstall the...

Windows Vista is a smooth operating and stable operating system for PCs. It is available on nearly every Microsoft-based machine that is sold today, and is becoming quite commonplace. If you are...

If you have multiple hard drives on your computer or a hard drive with multiple partitions, it is possible to have more than one operating system at the same time. Eventually, you may find you no...

Dual booting a Microsoft Windows operating system with another operating system (Windows, Linux or otherwise) is -- contrary to what some people might think -- a relatively straightforward task....

The floppy drive largely disappeared in the first decade of the 21st century; these days it seems optical drives are slowly suffering the same fate. Netbooks, in particular, generally do not come...

When you first bought your Windows 98 computer, it came with a boot CD that can be used in the event of any serious software issues. If your system has been infected with a problematic virus or is...

A functioning operating system is essential to your computer. When an operating system such as Windows XP crashes, you can lose data. You may have trouble getting your computer to function...

When the computer boots, it accesses the Master Boot Record (MBR) immediately after ensuring that the system's hardware is functioning. The MBR stores the data that initiates the loading of your...

You don't need to be helpless when your computer crashes. Even during the worst software failure possible, your computer's hardware is probably working just fine. In cases like that it's good to...

When something goes wrong with your computer it's nice to be able to access your files. In the '90s this typically meant using a boot disc, a floppy disc with a bootable version of DOS. A modern...

With computer hardware changing rapidly and not lasting as long as before, there are innumerable reason why you may need to install Windows XP on a clean computer. Maybe you had a virus and had...

Suppose you make a change to your computer--installing a new driver for a piece of hardware, for example. If the installation fails, it could render Windows unstable. If you don't have much...

Installing a second Operating System (OS) on a computer is called "dual booting" in the computer trade. Dual booting provides an opportunity to try out a new OS, like Windows 7 or Linux, and yet...

Microsoft Windows can sometimes generate problems that require advanced troubleshooting skills to fix. These types of problems are not exceedingly common, but they happen often enough that having...

Having a boot CD around can be immensely useful in a jam. If your Windows system crashes outright, you can still access your files by using the boot CD. This boot CD will load a fully working...

If you've set up Windows XP exactly the way you want it, why not back up your setup? Cloning your hard drive is a great way to ensure you can quickly get your setup back in case of viral infection...

If your computer won't boot into Windows, it will be necessary to boot your computer into Safe Mode. This is a special configuration in which you can make repairs such as removing bad drivers,...

A boot disk is used to load an operating system on your computer from a source other than the hard drive. Loading from an external source allows you to access the computer and reinstall Windows...

In the event that something catastrophic happens to your computer and your hard drive fails, you're going to need Windows Vista boot discs. These discs will allow your computer to boot even when...

A boot disk, which often is a floppy diskette, allows you start up your computer in case the operating system cannot be booted from your hard drive because of corrupted system files or a physical...

A boot disk allows a computer to be brought to a usable state using a floppy disk, allowing an operating system to be installed or troubleshooting to be performed. Create a boot disk for Windows...

A boot disk allows your computer to boot up from a source other than its hard drive so that it can reinstall the operating system. While most operating systems were designed to boot from a floppy...

The "NTLDR missing" error has been around since the first version of Windows NT was released. It's one of the most common reasons why a computer with Windows won't start properly. "NTLDR" stands...

You can't believe you did this, but you did: you forgot your Windows password. Another hour of guessing could eventually result in you figuring it out, but it doesn't have to come to that....

NTLDR refers to a specialized file used by Windows to boot the computer. If this file becomes corrupted, the computer no longer boots. To fix the drive, the file needs to be replaced with the...

A bootable floppy disk contains all of the files that your computer needs to load its operating system without having to access the files on the hard drive. Booting from a disk can be useful if...

Windows XP from Microsoft is a versatile operating system with a long list of features and benefits. With consistent updates and services, software and device compatibility works seamlessly....

The Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store is a Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 file that controls boot configuration and how the operating system starts when you turn on your computer....

A boot disk is a floppy disk or a CDROM that is used to boot the computer when files become corrupted on the hard drive. The installation CDROM for Windows XP is a boot disc. However, some people...

Want to learn how to speed up the boot time in Windows Vista? This short tutorial shows you a couple of quick steps that will get your machine to start up and get running quickly.

Dual booting refers to when two different operating systems are installed on a computer. A person then has the option to boot into one operating system or another when the computer is turned on....

Most laptops come with Windows pre-installed, but sometimes you may need to install it yourself. Perhaps you need to reinstall it because your version of Windows is out of date or recently...

Windows Vista is Microsoft's newest operating system and is known for its graphics more than its functionality, which is why many users of Microsoft's most popular operating system, Windows XP,...

Windows Vista is criticized by many users of Windows XP for not having the same practicality as previous Windows operating systems, though it has more visual appeal. Newer computers from Dell, HP,...

Most computer users get sick of seeing the same boot logo screen every time they turn on their computer, but not many realize it can be changed. Originally it was possible to change the Windows...

Creating a Microsoft Vista startup disk is essential in case the boot partition on the hard drive fails. If the boot partition fails, the computer is no longer able to boot to the Vista operating...

From time to time, thanks to the glory that is Windows XP and Vista, you will need to reformat your computer and start all over again. Some people might need to, but they do not know they need...