Reinstalling Windows can feel like a waste of time, but installing all your drivers in one go is a great way to make the process much easier.

I have done it, and it can be scary. If you don't have your driver disks and detailed information about what components are inside your computer, you may have devices that Windows doesn't recognize or ...

As you install and remove apps from your Surface Pro, the device may begin to lag and run slowly. You can reinstall the Windows 8.1 operating system on your Surface ...

There's nothing like a fresh Windows installation when everything works the way it's supposed to. That never lasts, though. Sometimes reinstalling Windows is the only way to fix all the nagging issues ...

Patrick Scott bought some laptops for his kids, but they were so slow the kids stopped using them. This is a common issue with bloatware-laden consumer laptops, sadly. He performed a “factory reset,” ...

To date, reinstalling Windows has meant using a local copy -- either something already stored on your PC (and thus at risk of going bad) or something external. Soon, though, it might just be a matter ...

Hi. I'm hoping for some advice on upgrading to a larger disk drive without reinstalling Windows. Here's the situation. I've got a Toshiba laptop (Satellite L305-S5918) with a 160Gb hard drive. That ...