If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore lets you roll back updates, drivers, and settings fast without reinstalling Windows.

Right click the Windows icon and select Settings. Click System, then scroll down and select Recovery. In Advanced startup hit Restart now. Then click troubleshoot > Advanced options > System restor e.

Microsoft is now showing a new alert in the Start menu titled “Action advised – back up your PC,” and the alert is ...

The Windows Backup app is a new addition to the already feature-rich suite of apps that allows you to configure backups for your files, settings, credentials, and apps to your OneDrive account. It is ...

We all know we're supposed to back up our data; it's essential for peace of mind. But one copy of a file on your computer does not a backup make. Redundancy, people, redundancy! As the organizers of ...

Imagine your documents, photos, videos, and other files are gone forever by sudden system crashes or storage device failures. Quite scary, right? However, to prevent this from happening, Microsoft has ...

Bare-metal recovery is also one of the biggest features missing from Windows itself. There's no native way to make a system-wide backup and then restore it in one step if things go wrong. Granted, ...

Losing important computer data can be a nightmare. Whether due to hardware failure, accidental deletion, software corruption, or theft, data loss can disrupt your work and personal life. Regularly ...

QNAP has announced the availability of its new NetBak PC Agent, a license-free full system backup solution for Windows. Imagine you’re working on your Windows PC or managing a server, and suddenly, ...

Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 10, so do this if you want to keep using your older PC securely.

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...